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...concept and practice of art in the era of the academies, before finally addressing the question of modern art and the impact of globalisation...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...

...conception of reason came under increasing strain as the century progressed, and this strain shows up well in the present context. You will be looking at two short texts by David Hume (1711–76) Unlike the letters seen in the prelude, these pieces do not address one another explicitly. That said, many of the notions, arguments and assertions discussed were in the air at...

...concepts which are central to understanding how empires were established, managed, experienced and dismantled...Empires have existed throughout most of human history. They have spanned the globe. They have influenced the way we are governed, our systems of trade, how we use technology, our relationships with the natural world. They have shaped how we have seen, mapped and...