Information Package

MTT108

AESTHETICS

Course Code
MTT108
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. Gain the ability to establish a relationship between historical, social and economic conditions and art and design processes.
  2. Gain the ability to speak and analyze at a level to criticize and compare aesthetic theories.
  3. Gain the ability to speak and analyze at a level to criticize and compare art theories.
  4. Gain the ability to communicate and use Turkish effectively.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionAnalyzing the universe, human, nature interaction through the knowledge of science, art and philosophy by making use of artists, scholars, architects, philosophers and their works. The relationship between the theories developed in the field of aesthetics and the works of art and their reflections on fashion.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Definition and history of aesthetics.
2nd Week Basic principles of aesthetics-basic concepts
3rd Week Basic concepts of aesthetics and its relationship with fashion
4th Week Aesthetic theories
5th Week Aesthetic theories and its relationship with fashion
6th Week Greco-Roman aesthetics
7th Week Islam-Western Middle Ages
8th Week Midterm
9th Week renaissance-enlightenment
10th Week Kant
11th Week Hegel-marx
12th Week Schopenhauer- Nietzsche
13th Week Adorno-Benjamin-Heidegger
14th Week Postmodernism and fashion
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 1 40
Assignment 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 1 1
Preparation for Quiz 1 2 2
Individual or group work 8 1 8
Preparation for Final exam 1 8 8
Course hours 3 14 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 8 8
Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework 1 2 2
Total Work Load72
Total Work Load / 30 (h)2.4
ECTS Credit of the Course2
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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