Course Information

Course Information
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
Instructors 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.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction: Art, Artist, Art History Course Hours Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
2. Week Prehistoric cave art Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
3. Week Prehistoric art in Anatolia Visual Presentation Research Verbal Expression Course Hours
4. Week Prehistoric art in Anatolia Verbal Expression Research Course Hours Visual Presentation
5. Week Mesopotamian art: Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia Visual Presentation Research Verbal Expression Course Hours
6. Week Mesopotamian art: Persia, Hittites, Urartu, Phoenicia Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation Research
7. Week Egyptian art Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
8. Week Midterm Practice Course Hours
9. Week Aegean and Anatolian civilizations: Cyclades, Troy, Crete, Mikenos, Lydia Visual Presentation Research Course Hours Verbal Expression
10. Week Karia and Early Greek Art: Archaic Era Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research Course Hours
11. Week Classical Greek Art Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
12. Week Hellenistic Greek Art Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
13. Week Roman art Course Hours Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
14. Week Early Christian and Byzantian art Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
15. Week Final Practice Course Hours
Recommended Sources
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.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
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
ECTS credits and course workload
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