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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM247

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY I

Course Code
MİM247
Semester
Third Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
3
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study2
SemesterThird Term (Fall)
ECTS3
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Relate the major architectural developments beginning from the prehistoric times to the Gothic era in chronological terms.
  2. Be able to relate built forms, construction techniques and materials within the scope of this course with relevant social, economic, cultural, and technological contexts and encounters.
  3. To describe and explain the architectural features of the major monuments and architectural works within the scope of this course.
  4. Be able to make a spatial analysis of the major architectural Works within the scope of this course in verbal and visual media.
  5. Be able to distinguish and compare architectural and art production (within the scope of this course) of similar and different contexts.
  6. Develop and interpret current debates, approaches and studies in architectural history (in terms of the content of this course).
  7. Develop and use skills on thinking, reading, and writing on architecture.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThis course, first of the series of history of architecture courses, equips the learner with a basic knowledge of major developments in history of architecture from prehistoric times to the end of the early Christian period. It aims to analyse the developments, transformations, and changes in architecture and the built environment of the given periods with due concern of the concurrent social, economic, cultural, and technological contexts and encounters.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the course
2nd Week Early beginnings: Origins of settled life in Europe and Anatolia
3rd Week First cities: Mesopotamian civilizations
4th Week An architecture for eternity: Ancient Egypt
5th Week Center of power in Anatolia in the Bronze Age: Hittites
6th Week Architecture in the Aegean in the Bronze Age: Mycenaeans and Minoans
7th Week Review of preious topics
8th Week Midterm Examination
9th Week Ancient Greek art and architecture I: Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods
10th Week Roman architecture I: Architectural and urban revolution, new building types and technologies
11th Week An imperial language: Byzantine art and architecture
12th Week Early Medieval Architecture: Romanesque Churches and Monasteries
13th Week Gothic Architecture: New Approaches in Religious Architecture and Art
14th Week Review of preious topics, Wrap-up
Recommended or Required ReadingChing F. D. K., Jarzombek M. M., Prakash V. (2007) A Global History of Architecture, Hoboken N. J.: J. Wiley and Sons.
Hodder I. (2006) Çatalhöyük: Leoparın Öyküsü: Türkiye?nin Antik Kasaba?sının Gizemleri Gün Işığına Çıkıyor, (çev. D. Şendil) İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Ingersoll R. (2013) World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, New York: Oxford University Press.
Kostof S. (1985) A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals, New York: Oxford University Press.
Mango C. A. (2008) Bizans: Yeni Roma İmparatorluğu (çev. G. Çağalı Güven) (der. N. Akbayar) İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Mutlu B. (2001) Mimarlık Tarihi Ders Notları I, İstanbul: Mimarlık Vakfı Yayınları.
Norberg-Schulz Christian (1980), Meaning in Western Architecture, New York: Rizzoli International Publications.
Özdoğan M., Başgelen N. (der.) (2007) Türkiye?de Neolitik Dönem: Yeni Kazılar Yeni Bulgular, İstanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
Radding Charles (1992) Medieval Architecture Medievel Learning: Builders and the Masters in the Age of Romanesque Gothic, New Haven: Yale University.
Roth Leland M. (2000) Mimarlığın Öyküsü: Öğeleri, Tarihi, ve Anlamı (çev. E. Akça) İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
Schmidt K. (2007) Taş Çağı Avcılarının Gizemli Kutsal alanı Göbekli Tepe: En Eski Tapınağı Yapanlar (çev. E. Akça) İstanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 35
Assignment 1 20
Total(%) 55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45
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 1 14
Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 1 10 10
Total Work Load90
Total Work Load / 30 (h)3
ECTS Credit of the Course3
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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