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Program of Graphic Design

GSF357

PSYCHOLOGY OF ART

Course Code
GSF357
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Develop communication skills and effectively use the Turkish language.
  2. Gain the ability to act in accordance with current laws and regulations and take ethical responsibility.
  3. Establish, interpret, and analyze the relationship between past, present, and future in the field of design.
  4. Acquire critical thinking skills.
  5. Learn to relate historical, social, and economic conditions to artistic and design processes.
  6. Gain the ability to critique and compare art theories at an analytical level.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThe relationship between influential psychological theories and art; artistic concepts developed by behaviorism, structuralism, Gestalt, neurobiological, and psychoanalytic movements; the individual perception of appreciation, pleasure, subjectivity, and aesthetics; the psychology of art, including subjective and objective psychological effects in the process of art production, reception, and distribution.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the psychology of art
2nd Week Introduction to the psychology of art
3rd Week Fundamental concepts in art and psychology
4th Week Fundamental concepts
5th Week Fundamental concepts
6th Week Fundamental concepts
7th Week Midterm exam
8th Week Fundamental problems in the psychology of art
9th Week Fundamental problems
10th Week Fundamental problems
11th Week Psychoanalysis ? Freud
12th Week Fundamental theories in the psychology of art ? Husserl, Merleau-Ponty
13th Week Gestalt and cognitive theory
14th Week Psychoanalytic art theory
Recommended or Required Reading
1 R.Arnheim, New Essays on the Psychology of Art, University of California Press USA1986
2 Freud S., Sanat ve Sanatçılar Üstüne, çev. Kamuran Şipal, Bozak Yay. İstanbul 1979
3 I. Armstrong, The Radical Aesthetic, Blackwell UK 2000
4 Layton R., The Antropology of Art, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press 1991
5.Schaeffer Jean Marie, Art of the Modern Age, New French Thought 5 6 Princeton University Pres, 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Assignment 1 20
Project 1 10
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 3 42
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 2 2
Homework 2 4 8
Weekly Articles and Resource Research 14 1 14
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K3 X X X
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9 X
K10
K11
K12
K13 X
K14
K15
K16 X X
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K18
K19
K20 X
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