Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE ART HISTORY	USAN1101	1. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	5.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Muharrem ÇEKEN
Assistants
Goals	It is aimed to introduce the emergence of art, the nature of human activity called art, the explanation of the concept of art and the emergence of the science of art history and the auxiliary branches of science in art history.
Course Content	To process the transition from hunter-gatherer to settlement through art objects and to determine the role of art in humanity and social history.
Learning Outcomes	1) Having knowledge on theories concerning the emergence of art. 2) Learning Art History as a discipline and developing the ability to comprehend its relationships with other disciplines. 3) Gaining knowledge about the social history of art. 4) Having knowledge on modernism and modern art theories. 5) Improves the ability to think about the artist and art creation by examining the production dimensions of the work of art. 6) Develops the ability to make iconographic and iconological analysis in art history. 7) Gains the ability to criticize style in the context of art history.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Theories about the emergence of art
2. Week	Theories about the emergence of art
3. Week	Art History as a discipline of science.
4. Week	Progress of art from hunter-gatherer to settledness
5. Week	About the concepts of Art and Craft.
6. Week	Social History of Art.
7. Week	Art sociology.
8. Week	Midterm.
9. Week	Modern sanat kuramları.
10. Week	Aspects of art production
11. Week	Iconography and art.
12. Week	Art and architecture.
13. Week	Art history and style criticism
14. Week	Form in art history.

Recommended Sources

Cömert, B., Mitoloji ve İkonografi, Ankara, 2008.

Eco, U., Ortaçağ, Katedraller, Şövalyeler, Şehirler, İstanbul, 2014.

Gardner, H., Art Through the Ages, Wadsworth, 2010.

Gombrich, E., İstanbul, 2007.

Moran, B., Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri, İstanbul, 2014.

Panofski, E., Meaning in the Visual Arts, New Jersey, 1969.

Read, H., Sanat ve Toplum, Ankara, 1981.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

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Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	2	28
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	7	98
Homework	2	10	20
Midterm Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	8	8
Final Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	10	10
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30