This course covers units: renaissance cultures in the north and south, masters of the high renaissance: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, counter cultures – mannerism in painting and architecture, power and propaganda in the baroque, ceramics, science and industry, rococo delights – pleasure, politics and style in 18th century Europe, furniture and interiors in early modern society, neo-classicism: tourists, artists and amateurs, regency: formality, informality and social mobility, arts and crafts movement: ethics and reform, etc.