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So you've ordered your 'Civilisations' poster - now what?

Updated Thursday, 15 February 2018
You've ordered your 'Civilisations' poster and can't wait for it to arrive? Check out these fantastic art history resources while you wait...

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Go on an interactive journey around the world

Explore nine very different art pieces with one thing in common - a fascinating history and heritage. You'll be transported to different parts of the globe in this visually rich interactive.

  • Travelling Objects

    Travelling Objects

    Journey around the world in our interactive to discover how 'objects' aren't just merely beautiful art works but can also reveal fascinating histories and global connections.

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    Level: 1 Introductory

Join in the 'Civilisations' debate

Shortly after every episode of 'Civilisations', one of our Art History experts will spark an interesting discussion around the art explored. Join in the debate in the link below.

  • Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

    Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

    Join Dr Leah Clark between 12pm - 2pm on Tuesday 3rd April for a post-viewing discussion of episode five of Civilisations.

    Read now to access more details of Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

    Article

    Level: 1 Introductory

Learn with The Open University

The Open University offers a range of qualifications in Art History with some modules written by the academic consultants on 'Civilisations'. Check them out... 

  • BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities

    BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities

    From poetry to string quartets, and from sculpture to short stories, the extraordinary range of human culture offers rich possibilities for study.

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  • BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Art History)

    BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Art History)

    This is one of several specialist routes available in our BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (R14). The degree starts by developing your understanding of the world we live in through a variety of perspectives, periods and subjects – including art history, classical studies, creative writing, English language, English literature, history, modern ...

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Try a FREE course on Art History

Do you really want to get your teeth into art history and visual culture? Take a look at the free courses below to get more of a flavour for the subject.  

  • Dutch painting of the Golden Age

    Dutch painting of the Golden Age

    Seventeenth-century Dutch painting stands out from other art of the same period and even more so from that of previous centuries on account of its apparently ‘everyday’ character. Works by artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch and Jacob van Ruisdael seem to offer a faithful picture of life in the Netherlands at the time. In studying ...

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    Free course

    4 hours

    Level: 2 Intermediate

  • Making sense of art history

    Making sense of art history

    You can prepare for this free course, Making sense of art history, by looking around you. It's likely that wherever you are you'll be able to see some images. It's also likely that many of these will be intended to have some sort of effect on you. In the course itself you will be exploring the power of images via a study of contemporary art ...

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    Free course

    5 hours

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

    Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

    What is art? What is visual culture? How have they changed through history? This free course, Art and visual culture: medieval to modern, explores the fundamental issues raised by the study of western art and visual culture over the last millennium. It moves from discussing the role of the artist and the functions of art during the medieval and ...

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    Free course

    10 hours

    Level: 2 Intermediate

  • There's more free courses on FutureLearn

    There's more free courses on FutureLearn

    Our friends at FutureLearn have collected a number of courses from the OU & beyond exploring the themes of the series

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