Information Package

MOD126

COSTUME HISTORY

Course Code
MOD126
Semester
Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
3
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study1
SemesterSecond Term (Spring)
ECTS3
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. will be able to define basic terminologies about historic dress through ages from primitive cultures to the beginning of 20th century both in global and local way
  2. will be able to collect informations on historical developments and historical changes on dresses
  3. will be able to evaluate historical dresses with the different social, critical, political and historical approaches
  4. will be able to define changing silhouttes, important and legendary figures inthe history of dresses
  5. will be able to define about national and folkloric elements of our cultural dress forms
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone.
Course DescriptionBasic terminology about historical clothing, historical changes and developments in clothing, both on a global and local scale, from the primitive cultures to the beginning of the 20th century.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction: The context of historical research on historical costume; origins of dress; introduction to the pirimitive costume, group work
2nd Week Costume in Ancient East: Mesopotamian Civilization ( Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittites, Persians...), group work
3rd Week Mediterranean costumes I: Costume in Egyptian civilisation, group work
4th Week Mediterranean costumes II: Costume in Antiquity: Crete, Greece, Etruria, Rome. group work.
5th Week Anatolian Costumes: Selcukis (11-13th century), introduction to the roots of Turkish costume, group work.
6th Week The Middle Ages I: Byzantium and Christian Iconography, group work.
7th Week Midterm Exam
8th Week The Middle Ages II: Crusaders and Gothic Revival,Influence of Ottoman culture on European costume: Orientalisation,group work.
9th Week The Renaissance: Emergence of Artist and Costume of Powe, group work.
10th Week Baroque and Rococo, group work.
11th Week Style of Ottoman Dynasty (12991923)Ottoman Empire and Westernization Period, group work.
12th Week Enlightment Period: The French Revolution The Directoire and Empire Period
13th Week Group work, costume design and styling
14th Week Group work, costume design and styling
Recommended or Required Reading* Laver, James, A Concise History of Fashion, Thames and Hudson, 1992
* Boucher, François, A History of Costume in the West, Thames and Hudson,1996
* Cosgrave, Bronwyn, The Complete History of Costume and Fashion: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day,Checkmark Books, 2000
* Tortora, P. G., & Eubank, K. , Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress. New York: Fairchild, 2002
* Breward, Christopher, The Culture of Fashion, Manchester University Press, 1995
* Türkoğlu, Sabahattin, Anadolu'da Giyim Kuşam, İstanbul,2002
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Questions/Answers
  • Project
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Total(%) 40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz 1 3 3
Individual or group work 10 1 10
Preparation for Final exam 1 5 5
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 5 5
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 10 10
Homework 2 6 12
Total Work Load88
Total Work Load / 30 (h)2.93
ECTS Credit of the Course3
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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