PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND AESTHETICS

GRA148

Course Code: GRA148
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 3

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Emir Hasan Ülger

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learns the basic conceptual framework of the philosophy of art and aesthetics.
Becomes knowledgeable about the development of art and design developing under ?historical, social, and economic? determination, along with philosophical aesthetics and knowledge.
Becomes knowledgeable about the theories developing in the historical process in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, and thanks to this, analyzes critical reading and the intrinsic laws of aesthetic development better with knowledge.
Moving from philosophy of art readings and evaluations, reaches the level to understand and analyze the age?s latest aesthetic, technological, and scientific knowledge and applications, and their effect on aesthetic production and reception, by positioning them on the aesthetic plane.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics course explores philosophical approaches to the nature, meaning, and value of art. Key topics include the historical development of aesthetic theory, major art philosophies, and the roles of the artist and the artwork. The course aims to cultivate students? critical and analytical thinking skills through discussions on the conceptual underpinnings of aesthetics.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Definition of aesthetics, its history.
2^nd Week	Basic principles of aesthetics-basic concepts.
3^rd Week	Basic concepts of aesthetics.
4^th Week	Aesthetic theories (Plato).
5^th Week	Aesthetic theories (Aristotle).
6^th Week	Greek-Roman aesthetics.
7^th Week	Islam-Western Middle Ages.
8^th Week	Midterm exam.
9^th Week	Renaissance-Enlightenment.
10^th Week	Kant.
11^th Week	Hegel-Marx.
12^th Week	Schopenhauer-Nietzsche.
13^th Week	Adorno-Benjamin-Heidegger.
14^th Week	Postmodernism.

Recommended or Required Reading

Adorno 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
Presentation
Report Preparation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	2	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	12	2	24
Individual or group work	1	5	5
Preparation for Final exam	1	6	6
Course hours	14	2	28
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	4	4
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	2	4	8
Weekly Articles and Resource Research	14	1	14
Total Work Load			91
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			3.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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