Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Introduction to Art Concepts II TSB108 Turkish Compulsory 2. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Doç. Dr. Ayşe Nahide YILMAZ
Instructor(s) Doç. Dr. Ayşe Nahide YILMAZ (Bahar)
Goals Presenting knowledge on what is art, students will be familiar with the tools necessary for looking at a work of art. Beside the compositional elements of formal production, the media such as painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and film will be defined and discussed for the sake of of visual literacy.
Course Content This is a course to introduce students to the definitions of art, the differentiation of arts from crafts and compositional elements. The course will help the development of the idea of art and art history providing students numerous samples of works of art to understand and interprete art making from cave art to recent trends.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Student learns the changing meaning of art in the historical context by different functions
2 Student becomes familiar with the differences and similarities between art and craft
3 Student gets knowledge on the production of art works by means of different materials.
4 Different art disciplines such as painting photography, architecture, cinema and photograph are to be taught.
5 Student is able to perceive and interpret the compositional elements such as line, space, light, colour, pattern, time and movement
6 Student learns about the movements in art history on basic level.
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 to the Course
2. Week What is Art? Preparation, After Class Study
3. Week Historical Development of the Concept of Art Preparation, After Class Study
4. Week Formal Elements of Art: Line, Shape, Value, Colour, Texture, Space, Time and Motion Preparation, After Class Study
5. Week Formal Elements of Art: Line, Shape, Value, Colour, Texture, Space, Time and Motion Preparation, After Class Study
6. Week Formal Elements of Art: Unity and Variety, Balance, Rhythm, Scale and Proportion Preparation, After Class Study
7. Week Meaning and Interpretation Preparation, After Class Study, Research
8. Week Meaning and Interpretation Preparation, After Class Study, Research
9. Week Social Functions of Art Preparation, After Class Study, Research
10. Week Art and Commodity Research
11. Week Postmodernism and Contemporary Art Research
12. Week Art Institutions, Museums and Art Galleries Research
13. Week Artistic Means and Techniques, Art Historical Periods and Styles Research, Other Activities
14. Week Artistic Means and Techniques, Art Historical Periods and Styles Research, Other Activities
*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 According to the characteristics of interdisciplinary contemporary art, art with the production of artists of different disciplines, able to train with the knowledge and skills to use.
2 To give professional art data
3 Students need to follow up national and international developments in the area of the D.P
4 Studies are required to use the technical knowledge and skills learned, parallel to art applications development technologies in D.P
5 Students should understand and produce their own unique approaches to interpreting the work of theoretical and practical problems.
6 Students should be able to think independently and should have social responsibility, sharing, understanding and being able to be sensitive to cultural differences
7 To gain the ability of multi-dimensional thinking and observetion
8 Students know methods that form the technical and professional issues and gain competence
9 Students to realize themselves, but also to provide access to the consciousness of the environment.
10 Produced by the Department of Painting in the field of contemporary understanding of knowledge and experience, priority is given to academic research. students need to be participating in the workforce, both practical and theoretical sense to spread this worldwide.
11 To gain the painting department students artistic creativity, art culture, knowledge of painting equipment and comprehend by what means the level at which lead to that effect.
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 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
PY7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
PY9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
PY11 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Graham Whitham ve Grant Pooke, Sanatı Anlamak, Hayalperest Yay., 2018.
  • Edmund Burke Feldman, Varieties of Visual Experience, Harry N Abrams Inc, 1992.
  • Lois Fichner-Rathus, Foundations of Art and Design, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2012.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 14 2 28
Ders Dışı
Preparation, After Class Study 7 1 7
Research 6 1 6
Other Activities 3 1 3
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Homework 1 15 1 15
Final 1 1.5 1.5
Practice 15 1 15
Total Workload 76.5
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0