Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
GENERAL HISTORY OF ART RTS119 Turkish Compulsory 1. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to Face
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Ayla KANBUR
Instructor(s) Öğr. Gör. Nilgün YÜKSEL (Güz)
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
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Student is able to interpret artwork by historical, social, economic, and geographical contexts.
2 Student developes a skill for visual literacy and analysis.
3 Student defines artworks from prehistoric caves to the early Christianity.
4 Student gets a vision fort he production styles of different cultures and eras.
5 Student learns about the history of artistic means.
6 Student gets a historical consciousness.
7 The knowledge on the relation among artist, work of art, audience and art institutions is learned and the skill of interpretation.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Introduction: Art, Artist, Art History Class Hours Verbal Expression Research Visual Presentation
2. Week Prehistoric cave art Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Class Hours
3. Week Prehistoric art in Anatolia Class Hours Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
4. Week Prehistoric art in Anatolia Class Hours Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
5. Week Mesopotamian art: Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research Class Hours
6. Week Mesopotamian art: Persia, Hittites, Urartu, Phoenicia Class Hours Verbal Expression Research Visual Presentation
7. Week Egyptian art Class Hours Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
8. Week Midterm Practice Class Hours
9. Week Aegean and Anatolian civilizations: Cyclades, Troy, Crete, Mikenos, Lydia Class Hours Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
10. Week Karia and Early Greek Art: Archaic Era Visual Presentation Class Hours Verbal Expression Research
11. Week Classical Greek Art Research Class Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
12. Week Hellenistic Greek Art Class Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research
13. Week Roman art Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Class Hours Research
14. Week Early Christian and Byzantian art Research Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Class Hours
15. Week Final Class Hours Practice
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Students will be able to define the concepts related to cinema and television sectors.
2 Students will be able to discuss the reflections of this information in the fields of application by dominating both basic and new theoretical orientations and concepts in cinema and television fields.
3 Students will be able to comprehends the historical processes of cinema, television, media and communication fields and compares them with today's sectoral trends.
4 Students will be able to have knowledge about the structure and working principle of the technical materials used in the field, follow the current material developed in line with the new orientations and apply this knowledge by reflecting on their own studies.
5 Students will be able to work in the field of cinema and television, they develop appropriate solutions by calculating possible problems.
6 Students will be able to combine the theoretical knowledge related by the cinema and television sectors with the practical methods.
7 Students will be able to develop collaborative work by linking cinema and television fields with other arranged disciplines.
8 Students will be able to questioning the innovations they pursue, they discover their own directions of cinema and television.
9 Students will be able to provide the opportunity to use and share knowledge, skills effectively by participating in national and international film screenings, festivals, contests and similar organizations.
10 Students will be able to recognize the ethical values in cinema and television fields and applies them in the working environment.
11 Students will be able to organize that bring together individuals working in the field of cinema and television organizations and arrange an environment of reflection and discussion.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 DK7
PY1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
PY2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PY4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PY5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
PY6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PY7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PY8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PY9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
PY10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY11 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • 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.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 15 1 15
Ders Dışı
Preparation, After Class Study 1 1 1
Sınavlar
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 98
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0