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...architecture, and material culture, to think about how different types of ‘Renaissances’ were taking part all over the world, creating some astonishing works of art and architecture. This was a time when objects, commodities, ideas, designs, and technologies circulated over long distances, crossed boundaries and travelled between cultures, with significant...

...architectural developments in India. This article outlines her remarkable leadership...Find out more about The Open University's History courses and qualifications Nur Jahan India 1577 - 1645 Imperial Rule [Nur Jahan image] Portrait of Nur Jahan In seventeenth-century northern India, upper-class women’s movements were very much restricted by the rules of purdah, that...

...that implicated the art, architecture and visual culture of this period? The discussion with be moderated on Thursday 19th April between 10pm-11pm. Join in by posting a response in the Comments section below (select 'save' to send your comment). Note that the Comments are sometimes slow to upload, so just press 'Save' once - your post should appear very shortly....

...architecture and be taken on a tour of a spectacular display of Neo-classical sculpture in an English country house. And you will find out about a key movement in modern art, Abstract Expressionism, and take a look at some iconic works in Tate Modern. This material forms part of The Open University course A226 Exploring art and visual culture...The podcast collection Try...

...architectural icons: the De La Warr Pavilion and Highpoint One are good examples. Conversely, there is more than a handful of buildings that have achieved iconic status for all the wrong reasons: buildings which are so widely loathed that they have come to symbolise what the public at large dislike about Modernist architecture: for years, Trellick Tower held this dubious...

...architecture of the time, you can find stories of political machinations, female influence and surging movements of people. We may think our own era has a monopoly on long-distance travel, but in the mediaeval period it was perfectly possible for Western Catholic artists to encounter Eastern Orthodox or Islamic cultures. And as the different cultures met, they influenced...