Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
BYZANTINE PAINTING AND HANDICRAFTS	USAN1305	5. 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	Serkan SUNAY
Assistants
Goals	To be able to comprehend the types, techniques, period features and stylistic characteristics of the Byzantine art, to identify the characteristics transferred from other regions and cultures, and to acquire the knowledge and skills to identify the history of works in these properties.
Course Content	The Early Works and the Recent Works of the Byzantine arts are analyzed.
Learning Outcomes	1) To be able to comprehend the types, techniques, period features and stylistic features of depiction art belonging to Byzantine Period 2) To be able to determine the characteristics transferred from other regions and cultures and to determine the history of the works within the framework of these characteristics. 3) Gain the ability to generalize by making stylistic analysis on different materials

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Overview of the art of painting, brief introduction of the preliminary examples
2. Week	Iconic works (Technical information and Period of Iconosphere)
3. Week	Iconic works
4. Week	(4th-8th century works)
5. Week	(9th-13th century works)
6. Week	(14th-15th century works)
7. Week	Mosaics (4th-6th century)
8. Week	Mosaic works (7th-9th century works)
9. Week	Mosaic works (10th-12th century works)
10. Week	Exam
11. Week	Fresco works (4th-6th century works)
12. Week	Fresco works (7th-9th century works)
13. Week	.Fresco works (10th-14th century works)
14. Week	Exam

Recommended Sources

DEMUS, O., Byzantine Mosaics in Greece, Harvard 1931.

EBERSOLT, J., La Miniature Byzantine, Paris 1926.

GRABAR, O., Byzantine Painting, Geneva 1952.

JERPHANION, G., Les Eglises Ruperstres de Cappadoce, Paris 1925-32.

LEVİ, D., Antioch Mosaics Pavements, Princeton 1947.

WHITTEMORE, T., The Mosaics of Hagia Sophai at İstanbul, Oxford 1935.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
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	6	84
Homework	2	4	8
Midterm Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	8	3	24
Final Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Final Exam	5	5	25
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30