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Program of Graphic Design

GRA147

HISTORY OF ART

Course Code
GRA147
Semester
First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
4 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study1
SemesterFirst Term (Fall)
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Gains communication skills and the ability to use Turkish effectively.
  2. Students will examine the history of art and its present-day reflections. They will gain the ability to establish and interpret the relationship between the past, present, and future.
  3. Develops the ability to think within a context.
  4. Establishes a relationship between historical, social, and economic conditions and the processes of art and design.
  5. Makes images dynamic with effects such as sound, light, and more.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course examines the formation and transformation phases of art, focusing on the social, cultural, and historical processes within each geographical area. Beginning with the Paleolithic period and incorporating new discoveries, it traces the development of prominent art examples up to the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to the development of art within its own geography, the course also explores the influences and effects of cross-cultural interactions. Accordingly, the following stages of art are covered, with a primary focus on the Mediterranean, European, and Anatolian regions. The course aims to present students with the historical and cultural transformation of art, rather than relying on rote memorization.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week What is art? Definition and emergence. Primitive art and the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic Art and Cultures in Anatolia (Beldibi Cave, Karahantepe, Göbeklitepe, Çatalhöyük, Hacılar).
2nd Week Bronze Age Cultures and Art in Anatolia and the Mediterranean: Minoan, Mycenaean, Egyptian, Hittite, and Trojan Cultures.
3rd Week Anatolian Bronze Age Art: Boğazköy, Acemhöyük, Kültepe.
4th Week Iron Age Anatolian Art: The Phrygians and Gordion.
5th Week The reflections of Greek colonization on art in Anatolia.
6th Week Myths in Greek art: the dilemma of creation vs. chaos and how the Titans are depicted in art.
7th Week Culture and Art in Mainland Greece, including vase painting and sculpture.
8th Week Roman Period Art and Culture, including fresco and sculpture.
9th Week MIDTERM EXAM
10th Week Byzantine Art and Culture, iconography, and church architecture.
11th Week Early Renaissance art: Giotto, Massaccio, Bernini, Leonardo, Michelangelo.
12th Week Renaissance art in Venice and Spain and its effects on European art (Titian, Tintoretto, Velazquez, Goya).
13th Week Continued discussion of Spanish painting.
14th Week Romanticism and Rococo art.
15th Week The development of abstract art, the Russian Avant-garde, Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism.
16th Week Collective discussion for course evaluation.
Recommended or Required ReadingE.H.Gombrich, Sanatın Öyküsü, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi (1972).
L.Murray, The Late Renaissance and Mannerism London : Thames and Hudson (1967).
N.Pirim, Rönesansın Öyküsü, İstanbul : YKY Yayınları (2004).
B.Tekkök ve diğ., Akdeniz Uygarlıkları Sanatı,"Demir Çağı'nda
Akdeniz Dünyası,"(ed. Filiz Çalışlar-Yenişehirlioğlu). Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları (2014).
B.Tekkök ve diğ., Kültür Tarihi, Ünite 5, Avrupa?da Rönesans Değişen Avrupa, (ed.Bahattin Gülmez) Anadolu Üniversitesi
Yayınları.N.2299 Eskişehir (2011).
A.Turani, Dünya Sanat Tarihi, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi (2021). W.Vaughan, Romanticisim and Art, London:Thames and Hudson(1994).
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Questions/Answers
  • Discussion
  • Presentation
  • Case Study
  • Problem Solving
  • Experiment
  • Practice
  • Project
  • Report Preparation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 20
Project 2 30
Total(%) 80
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 80
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 20
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 26 26
Course hours 14 4 56
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework
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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