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War memorials and commemoration
This unit gives you the opportunity to practise good study techniques using...
This unit gives you the opportunity to practise good study techniques using the theme of commemoration and memorials. It will help you to begin to think about how form influences meaning in the arts and how ideas influence approaches to the humanities.
By the end of this unit you should have:
- an awareness of the processes of study in the arts and humanities
- an understanding of key concepts in the arts and humanities.
- Duration: 4 hours
- Published on: Monday 20th June 2011
- Level: Introductory
- Posted under: Visual Art
War memorials and commemoration
Introduction

This unit gives you the opportunity to practise good study techniques using the theme of commemoration and memorials. It will help you to begin to think about how form influences meaning in the arts and how ideas influence approaches to the humanities.
This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from An introduction to the humanities (A103) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
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This is an extract from an Open University course which is no longer available to new students. If you found this interesting you could explore more free Visual Art course units or view the range of currently available OU Visual Art courses.
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