Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE TURKISH ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY	USAN1108	2. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals	This course is aimed to introduce the Pre-Islamic Turkish art history and to give basic information about the cultural transformations between the Middle Asia and Anatolia together with emphasizing the origin problems on the specific fields of Turkish art.
Course Content	Beginning from the Proto-Turk culture the arts of Huns, Gokturks and Uyghurs are taught and together with the Avars, the Scythian Art problem is examined. In this context the relations among the Turkish culture and mythology with the petroglyphs and the archaeological founds from the kurgan excavations and also the balbals will be studied.
Learning Outcomes	1) Recognizes the Proto-Turk culture and the archaeological objects. 2) Has information about the "animal style". 3) Knows the nomadic culture and the concept of the tent art. 4) Has information about the Pre-Islamic origins of the Anatolian Turkish Art.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Introduction to the Pre-Islamic Turkish Art.
2. Week	An overview on the geopolitical situation and the history of the Middle Asia.
3. Week	Prehistoric Middle Asia and the chronological comparation.
4. Week	The place of the kurgans in the Pre-Islamic Turkish art.
5. Week	Hun Art
6. Week	The spreading of Hun Art to the Europa.
7. Week	Avars Art
8. Week	Scythian Art
9. Week	Midterm exam
10. Week	Gokturks Art - I
11. Week	Goktruks Art - II
12. Week	Uyghur Art - I
13. Week	Uyghur Art - II
14. Week	The importance of the Pre-Islamic Turkish Art and the concept of Turkish Art.

Recommended Sources

CEZAR, M., Anadolu Öncesi Türklerde Şehir ve Mimarlık, İstanbul, 1977.

ÇORUHLU, Y., Erken Devir Türk Sanatı, İstanbul, 2013.

DİYARBEKİRLİ, N., Hun Sanatı, İstanbul, 1976.

ESİN, E., İslamiyetten Önceki Türk Kültür Tarihi ve İslama Giriş, İstanbul, 1978.

LE COG, A.V., Mittel Asiens, Berlin, 1925.

ÖGEL, B., İslamiyetten Önce Türk Kültür Tarihi, Ankara, 1984.

RICE, T.T., The Scythians, London, 1957.

STEIN, M.A., Innermost Asia, Oxford, 1928.

TAŞAĞIL, A., Gök-Türkler, Ankara, 1995.

TOGAN, Z.V., Umumi Türk Tarihine Giriş, İstanbul, 1970.

*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	3	42
Midterm Exam	1	8	8
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	2	14	28
Final Exam	1	10	10
Time to prepare for Final Exam	2	20	40
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30