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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM411

ARCHITECTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND COMPARISONS IN HISTORY

Course Code
MİM411
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 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. Describe and explain the artistic and architectural productions of the societies, which ruled during the time period and within the geographical borders selected to be concentrated in this semester.
  2. Be able to distinguish and compare the artistic, architectural and urban works and productions of the selected cultures.
  3. Be able to evaluate and discuss similar and different works of art and architecture in relation to probable synchronic and diachronic encounters, relations and interactions through the socio-cultural, economic and religious milieu of their belonging societies and cultures.
  4. Develop and interpret current debates, approaches and studies in architectural history.
  5. Develop and use skills on thinking, reading, and writing on architecture.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionIn this course, architectural culture in history is comparatively evaluated. Diachronic and synchronic encounters, interactions, and relations of societies which spread from Europe to Asia and those particularly settled in Anatolia and the Middle East are studied. The content of the course varies each term with focus on a particular selected time period throughout history. In this context, the approaches on the shaping of the built environment, artistic production and especially architectural edifices of varied cultures of the selected period each term are discussed comparatively, while at the same time highlighting the possible encounters.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course
2nd Week Discussion on the concepts of architectural encounters, comparisons, and interactions
3rd Week Temporal and spatial focus of the semester: Anatolia in the Medieval Mediterranean world
4th Week Anatolia at the intersection of cultural encounters and interactions during the 12th ? 13th centuries: Seljuks - Byzantines - Crusaders
5th Week Anatolia at the intersection of architectural encounters and interactions during the 12th ? 13th centuries: Seljuks - Byzantines - Crusaders
6th Week Seljuk culture and architecture from Iran to Anatolia: Continuity and change
7th Week Mamluks and Seljuks, Anatolia under the Mongol rule
8th Week Mid term
9th Week Anatolia at the intersection of cultural encounters and interactions during the 14th century: Principalities - Byzantines - Crusaders
10th Week Anatolia at the intersection of architectural encounters and interactions during the 14th century: Principalities - Byzantines - Crusaders
11th Week Anatolia at the intersection of cultural encounters and interactions during the 14th century: Ottomans - Byzantines - Crusaders
12th Week Anatolia at the intersection of architectural encounters and interactions during the 14th century: Ottomans - Byzantines - Crusaders
13th Week Student presentations
14th Week Course review
15th Week General evaluation of the course and Wrap-up
Recommended or Required ReadingBentley j. H. (1996), ?Cross-Cultural Interaction and Periodization in World History?, The American Historical Review, Vol. 101, No. 3, pp. 749-770.
Flood, Finbarr Barry. "Lost in Translation: Architecture, Taxonomy and the Eastern "Turks"." Muqarnas 24 (2007): 79 - 115.
Walker A., Grossmann H. E. (eds), (2013) Mechanisms of Exchange: Transmission in Medieval Art and Architecture of the Mediterranean ca. 1000-1500, Boston: Leiden Brill
Hathaway S. L. Kim D. W., (2012) Intercultural Transmission in the Medieval Mediterranean, London ? New York: Continuum.
Hillenbrand R. (2005), İslam Sanatı ve Mimarlığı (çev. Ç. Kafesçioğlu), İstanbul: Homer Kitabevi.
Hoffman E. R. (ed.) (2007) Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Howard D. (2000) Venice and the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture 1100-1500, New Haven ? London: Yale University Press.
Kafesçioğlu Ç. (2009), Contantinopolis / İstanbul: Cultural Encounter, Imperial Vision and the Construction of the Ottoman Capital, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press.
Kuban D. (2002), Selçuklu Çağında Anadolu Sanatı, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Kuban D. (2007), Osmanlı Mimarisi, İstanbul: Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları.
Ousterhout R., Ruggles D. F. (2004) ?Encounters with Islam: The Medieval Mediterranean Experience Art, Material Cultural and Cultural Interchange?, Gesta, 43/2, pp. 83-85.
(Bu liste dönem başında verilecek haftalık okumalarla desteklenecektir.)
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 20
Presentation of Article 1 10
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
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 13 1 13
Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25
Course hours 13 2 26
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 1 10 10
Presentation (including preperation) 1 18 18
Research 1 15 15
Total Work Load125
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.16
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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