Information Package

GSF128

ESTHETICS

Course Code
GSF128
Semester
Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
2
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study1
SemesterSecond Term (Spring)
ECTS2
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Develop communication skills and the ability to use Turkish effectively.
  2. Gain the ability to establish connections between historical, social, and economic conditions and art and design processes.
  3. Acquire the ability to discuss and analyze aesthetic theories at a level that allows for critique and comparison.
  4. Gain the ability to discuss and analyze art theories at a level that allows for critique and comparison.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThe historical development and theories of aesthetics, the relationship between theories developed in the field of aesthetics and works of art, the fundamental issues of classical and contemporary aesthetics, and aesthetics in cinema, music, architecture, and visual arts in the context of contemporary approaches.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Definition and history of aesthetics
2nd Week Fundamental principles and basic concepts of aesthetics
3rd Week Basic concepts of aesthetics
4th Week Aesthetic theories (Plato)
5th Week Aesthetic theories (Aristotle)
6th Week Greek-Roman aesthetics
7th Week Islamic and Western Medieval aesthetics
8th Week Midterm exam
9th Week Renaissance and Enlightenment
10th Week Kant
11th Week Hegel and Marx
12th Week Schopenhauer and Nietzsche
13th Week Adorno, Benjamin, Heidegger
14th Week Postmodernism
Recommended or Required ReadingAdorno T.W.,(2007) Aesthetics Teory , (translated by A.Mitchell& V.Blomster) Oxford
University Press, Newyork
Aristoteles,(1996) Metafizik, (çev. Ahmet Arslan) 2. Baskı, İstanbul: Sosyal Yayınları
Aristoteles, (2007) Poetika, (çev.İsmail Tunalı) Ankara: Remzi Kitabevi
Aristoteles, (2005) Fizik (çev. Saffet Babür) İstanbul, YKY.
Aristoteles, (1998) Nikamakhos'a Etik, (Çev.Saffet Babür) Ankara- Ayraç Yayınevi
Aristoteles, (1993) Politika, (çev.Mete Tunçay) İstanbul, Remzi Yayınevi
Aristoteles,(2000) Rhetorik, (çev. M.H.Doğan) İstanbul, Cogito
Barnes J.,(2002) Aristoteles, (çev.B.Öcal Altın) İstanbul, Altın Kitap Yayınları
İhsan T.,(1993) Sanat Felsefesi, İzmir:Üniversite Kitabevi
Kagan M. (1982) Estetik, (çev.Aziz Çalışlar) Ankara:İmge Yayınları
Lenoır B.,(2005) Sanat Yapıtı, çev.Aykut Derman, İstanbul, YKY
Nietzcshe F.W.,(1995) The Birth of Tragedy, (Transleted by C.P.Fadiman)
Newyork-London Dover Publications
Moran B.(1985) Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri, İstanbul, Cem Yayınları
Platon, (2001) Timaios, (çev.Erol Güney- Lütfi Ay) İstanbul, Sosyal Yayınları
______ (2000)Şölen, (çev.Cenap Kaya) İstanbul, Sosyal Yayınları
_______ (2005) Devlet, (çev. Sebahattin Eyüboğlu-M.Ali Cimcoz) İstanbul, 9. Baskı, Türkiye
İş Bankası Yayınları
Schaeffer J.M.,(2000) Art Of the Modern Age, translated by Steven Rendall, New French
Thought, Princeton UK
Tunalı İsmail,(2002) Sanat Ontolojisi, İstanbul, İnkılap Yay.
---------------,(1983) Grek Estetiği, İstanbul, Remzi Kitabevi
---------------, (2007) Estetik, 10 Baskı, İstanbul, Remzi Kitabevi
---------------(2009) Tasarım Felsefesi, 3 Baskı, İstanbul, Yem Yayınları
Whitehead A.N.,(1975) Science and Modern World, Fontana Books, London, Cambridge Unv.Press
Wagner R. (1994) Religion and Art, (Transleted by W.Aston Ellıs) USA, University of Nebraska Press
Whıtford F.,(2000) Bauhaus, Thames-Hudson, London
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 2 40
Project 3 60
Total(%) 100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 1 14
Preparation for Final exam 1 5 5
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 3 3
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework 2 4 8
Weekly Articles and Resource Research 14 1 14
Total Work Load74
Total Work Load / 30 (h)2.46
ECTS Credit of the Course2
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4
K1 X
K2
K3 X
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
K15
K16 X X
K17
K18
K19
K20 X
K21 X
K22