Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE TURKISH ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY USAN126 2. 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 Tolga BOZKURT
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.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the Pre-Islamic Turkish Art. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week An overview on the geopolitical situation and the history of the Middle Asia. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Prehistoric Middle Asia and the chronological comparation. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week The place of the kurgans in the Pre-Islamic Turkish art. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Hun Art Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week The spreading of Hun Art to the Europa. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Avars Art Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Scythian Art Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Midterm exam Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Gokturks Art - I Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week Goktruks Art - II Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week Uyghur Art - I Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Uyghur Art - II Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week The importance of the Pre-Islamic Turkish Art and the concept of Turkish Art. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
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.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Midterm Exam 1 8
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 2 14
Final Exam 1 10
Time to prepare for Final Exam 2 20
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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