| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENERAL HISTORY OF ART | RTS119 | 1. Semester | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Face to Face |
| Course Coordinator |
Prof. Dr. Ayla KANBUR |
| Instructor(s) |
Nilgün YÜKSEL |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | This course aims to present the artworks from cave paintings to modern productions through a historical and cultural outline in detail. |
| Course Content | This course is to provide a skill for visual and analytical literacy skill; to help students to evaluate artworks by historical, social, economic, and geographical contexts and get an intellectual background by the concepts of past and present. Students will have the opportunity to become familiar with the works of art from prehistoric caves to ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Aegea, Anatolia to the early Christianity. |
| Learning Outcomes |
- Student is able to interpret artwork by historical, social, economic, and geographical contexts. - Student developes a skill for visual literacy and analysis. - Student defines artworks from prehistoric caves to the early Christianity. - Student gets a vision fort he production styles of different cultures and eras. - Student learns about the history of artistic means. - Student gets a historical consciousness. - The knowledge on the relation among artist, work of art, audience and art institutions is learned and the skill of interpretation. |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction: Art, Artist, Art History | Research Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation |
| 2. Week | Prehistoric cave art | Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research |
| 3. Week | Prehistoric art in Anatolia | Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research |
| 4. Week | Prehistoric art in Anatolia | Research Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 5. Week | Mesopotamian art: Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia | Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 6. Week | Mesopotamian art: Persia, Hittites, Urartu, Phoenicia | Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 7. Week | Egyptian art | Visual Presentation Course Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 8. Week | Midterm | Course Hours Practice |
| 9. Week | Aegean and Anatolian civilizations: Cyclades, Troy, Crete, Mikenos, Lydia | Research Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours |
| 10. Week | Karia and Early Greek Art: Archaic Era | Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours Research |
| 11. Week | Classical Greek Art | Visual Presentation Research Course Hours Verbal Expression |
| 12. Week | Hellenistic Greek Art | Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours Research |
| 13. Week | Roman art | Research Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours |
| 14. Week | Early Christian and Byzantian art | Research Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours |
| 15. Week | Final | Course Hours Practice |
| E.H. Gombrich, Sanatın Öyküsü, Remzi Kitabevi, 2007 |
| Julian Bell, Sanatın Yeni Tarihi, NTV Yayınları, 2009 |
| Doğan Kuban, 100 Soruda Türkiye Sanatı Tarihi, Gerçek Yayınevi, 1981. |
| Marilyn Stokstad, Art History, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. |
| Sanat Tarihi Ansiklopedisi, Görsel Yayınlar (cilt: 4), 1981. |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 40,60 |
| PY3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40,60 |
| PY4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40,60 |
| PY5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40,60 |
| PY7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40,60 |
| PY8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40,60 |
| PY9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40,60 |
| PY10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 40,60 |
| PY11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40,60 |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| Preparation, After Class Study | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Verbal Expression | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Visual Presentation | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Homework 1 | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| Homework 2 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Classroom Activities | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Total Workload | 102 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
