Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
200800304107	GENERAL HISTORY OF ART II	Elective	2	4	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The course subject includes Western art from the Early Christian period, to the end of Renaissance and pre Islamic and Islamic art until the beginning of Ottoman Classical period. The course also presents the influence of cultural processes among these civilizations such as cultural diffusionism on stylistic characteristics using visual material and examples of architecture, architectural-plastic handicrafts and architectural monumental plastic artwork. The aim of the course is to enable students to accurately use the concepts petaining to art and history of art starting from the first years of their education. It also targets to create a thorough understanding of how the concept of art originated and the understanding of art in different cultures. In order to achieve this, visual materials are used to introduce the stylistic traditions of cultures so that students can make a comparative analysis of the understanding of art then and today. Another objective of the course is to teach the concepts of history of art and enable students to comprehend, analyze, synthesize and evaluate the stylistic characteristics of the period being studied.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yiğit KOCABIYIK

Learning Outcomes

1	By the end of the semester students are expected; to be able to identify stylistic characteristics according to period
2	to be able to classify descriptive traditons of cultures
3	to be able to explain the stages of art
4	to be able to define the concepts of art
5	to be able to explain the effects of prehistoric and ancient art on contemporary art
6	to be able to differentiate betweenthe artistic styles of the cultures covered throughout the course

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 General Introduction, bibliography and specific terms and concepts related to Medieval Times 2 Why are The Medieval times dark and not dark. Historical map of the time. Two prevalent powers: Islam and Christianity. Understandings, dogmas, partnerships perceptions of art. The demise of the western Rome and the new Rome. The influence of Christianity on the production of art in the Eastern Roman Empire. The emergence of the early Christian art in Syria, Anatolia and Italy. 3 Religious architecture and descriptive traditions of early Christianity. Stylistic transformation in architecture, sculpture, painting and mosaics. The history of the early Byzantine art. Styles, understandings and transformation. 4 The history of art in the late Byzantine period Styles, understandings and transformation. Crusaders and Byzantium, The Seljukian period and the downfall of the Byzantine Empire 5 Middle Ages, the Middle and Far East; The effects of paganism to Islam and its art. Expansion of medieval Islamic art, styles and modes of production. Seljuk Empire and forms of artistic production, architecture, architectural sculpture and painting style 6 Ottoman Principality and the characteristics of the early Ottoman art. Immigration and Seljukian architecture. New cities and the Byzantine impact. 7 Migration Period art, Carolingian art, Romanesque Art 8 Mid-term 9 Gothic Art The birth of Scholastic philosophy, Relationship with Byzantium. Giotto and Teodoros Methokides. The influence of Gothic Art style on architecture, painting, sculpture, styles and Reneissance. Norman art in Sicily - Mudejar Art 10 Proto-Reneissance in Italy, 15. Century Italian art. 11 15. Century Italian art, 16. Century Italian art , 17. Century Italian art 12 Spanish and Northern Reneissance between 15. And 17. century 13 Islamic art I periods and styles pertaining to painting and handicrafts 14 Islamic art I periods and styles pertaining to painting and handicrafts

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	General Introduction, bibliography and specific terms and concepts related to Medieval Times
2	Why are The Medieval times dark and not dark. Historical map of the time. Two prevalent powers: Islam and Christianity. Understandings, dogmas, partnerships perceptions of art. The demise of the western Rome and the new Rome. The influence of Christianity on the production of art in the Eastern Roman Empire. The emergence of the early Christian art in Syria, Anatolia and Italy.
3	Religious architecture and descriptive traditions of early Christianity. Stylistic transformation in architecture, sculpture, painting and mosaics. The history of the early Byzantine art. Styles, understandings and transformation.
4	The history of art in the late Byzantine period Styles, understandings and transformation. Crusaders and Byzantium, The Seljukian period and the downfall of the Byzantine Empire
5	Middle Ages, the Middle and Far East; The effects of paganism to Islam and its art. Expansion of medieval Islamic art, styles and modes of production. Seljuk Empire and forms of artistic production, architecture, architectural sculpture and painting style
6	Ottoman Principality and the characteristics of the early Ottoman art. Immigration and Seljukian architecture. New cities and the Byzantine impact.
7	Migration Period art, Carolingian art, Romanesque Art
8	Gothic Art The birth of Scholastic philosophy, Relationship with Byzantium. Giotto and Teodoros Methokides. The influence of Gothic Art style on architecture, painting, sculpture, styles and Reneissance. Norman art in Sicily - Mudejar Art
9	Midterm Exam
10	Proto-Reneissance in Italy, 15. Century Italian art.
11	15. Century Italian art, 16. Century Italian art , 17. Century Italian art
12	Spanish and Northern Reneissance between 15. And 17. century
13	Islamic art I periods and styles pertaining to painting and handicrafts
14	Islamic art I periods and styles pertaining to painting and handicrafts

Recommended or Required Reading

AKYÜREK, E. Ortaçağ'dan Yeniçağa Felsefe ve Sanat, Kabalcı Yayıbevi, İstanbul 1994 ALTUN, A., Ortaçağ Türk Mimarisinin Anahatları İçin Bir Özet, İstanbul 1988 ARSEVEN, C. E., Türk Sanatı, İstanbul 1950 ASLANAPA, O., Türk Sanatı, İstanbul 1984 ASLANAPA, O., Anadolu'da İlk Türk Mimarisi, Ankara 1991 BEKSAÇ, A. E. & AKKAYA, T., Avrupa Resim Sanatı, Arkeoloji ve sanat yayınları, İstanbul 1990 ERSOY, A., Sanat Kavramlarına Giriş, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul GOMBRICH, E. H.,Sanatın Öyküsü (Çev. Bedrettin Cömert), Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul 1992 GÜVEMLİ, Z., Sanat Tarihi, Varlık Yayınları, İstanbul 1982 HAUSER, A., Sanatın Toplumsal Tarihi (Çev. Y. Gülönü), Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul 1995 PANOFSKY, E., Gotik Mimarlık ve Skolastik Felsefe, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul 1995 PETROV, G., Büyük Sanatçılar ve Üstün Yapıtları (Çev. H. A. Aytuna), İnkilap ve Aka Kitabevleri, İstanbul 1979

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	50
Question-Answer	1	10
Brain Storming	1	10
Criticising Paper	1	10
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10
Reading	1	10
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	80
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Question-Answer	5	1	5
Brain Storming	9	1	9
Criticising Paper	6	2	12
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	9	3	27
Individual Study for Final Examination	14	3	42
Reading	6	1	6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			103

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15	PO 16	PO 17
LO1	3			3				2		2
LO2		3		3				2		2
LO3	3		3	3				2		2
LO4	3			3				2		2
LO5				3				2		2
LO6	3			3				2		2

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High