This course covers units: the art and culture of ancient Iraq, Persia, and Egypt, depiction of the human form in Greek and Hellenistic art, architectural form and meaning in the ancient world, art, politics and power during the Roman Empire, the new art of the early Christian era, the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscripts and metalwork, sacred and luxurious art before and after Charlemagne, Byzantium and its culture, colour and narrative in medieval stained glass, panel painting and illuminated manuscripts, ivory, enamels and textiles from the treasuries of Europe, the Birth of Italian Painting: Duccio, Giotto and the Trecento, etc.