| Course Type | Elective Course |
| Course Level | Associate Degree |
| Year of Study | - |
| Semester | - |
| ECTS | 4 |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Capable of bridging a connection between aesthetics and life, and capable of defining the place aesthetics holds in our lives.
- Capable of explaining the relationship between art and aesthetics.
- Can define the difference between various knowledge garnered from philosophy, science, and art.
- Capable of explaining the basic qualities of a work of art.
- Capable of explaining art in contemporary life and its function.
|
| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
| Prerequisites | No |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
| Course Description | The purpose of this course, learn the basics of visual aesthetics, art and aesthetic elements within the framework of the artist-audience in relation to the field of photography and video to explain and examine contemporary debates. |
| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
|
1st Week |
What is aesthetics? The rationale for aesthetics education |
|
2nd Week |
Definition and scope of aesthetics: Aesthetic Experience and Aesthetic Anxiety/Aesthetic Judgments |
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3rd Week |
The Function of Art, Basic Qualities of the Work of Art / Types of Art and Visual Arts |
|
4th Week |
A Brief Look at the History of Visual Arts / Art Movements and Changes in Aesthetic Perception |
|
5th Week |
Visual Perception and Visual Aesthetic Elements: Line-Shape-Form |
|
6th Week |
The Use of Light and Color in Photography and Cinema |
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7th Week |
Composition in Photography and Cinema |
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8th Week |
MIDTERM EXAM |
|
9th Week |
How to Analyze Form-Content and Aesthetics in Photography and Cinema? |
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10th Week |
An Exemplary Film Analysis on Cinema Aesthetics |
|
11th Week |
Reception and evaluation of works of art, criticism as a concept and action, types of criticism |
|
12th Week |
Changing Technology Transforming Language: Interdisciplinary Examples in Photography and Cinema |
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13th Week |
Artist and artist's responsibility, intellectual and artist concepts, creativity |
|
14th Week |
Design and execution of a movie scene |
|
| Recommended or Required Reading | Estetik, İsmail Tunalı, Remzi Kitabevi.
Güzelliğin Tarihi, Umberto Eco, Doğan Kitap.
Çirkinliğin Tarihi, Umberto Eco, Doğan Kitap.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Questions/Answers
- Discussion
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
|
Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
25 |
| Practice |
1 |
30 |
| Presentation of Case Study |
1 |
20 |
| Total(%) |
|
75 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
75 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
25 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
|
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Work Placement(s) | No |