Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE (XTH-XVITH CENTURIES USAN215 3. 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 Meltem ÖZKAN ALTINÖZ
Assistants
Goals * Understanding the relationship between architecture, space and patronage of the Islamic Architecture * Perceive the effect of architecture how reflects social context * Understanding the effect of social, economic, political, climatic and technological conditions on typological change in architecture. * Gaining a general perspective on history and acquiring the knowlege of the terminology of the relevant Islamic architecture.
Course Content This course is based on the 10th and 16th centuries of Islamic Architecture. Especially the representatinal power and the influence areas of Islamic arts in the Mediterranean World and its surroundings are examined. Students are expected to participate to the discussion to be held in the classroom and follow the weekly readings and do the homeworks.
Learning Outcomes 1) 10 - 16th century Islamic architecture in the Arabian Peninsula
2) 10 - 16th century Islamic architecture in North Africa
3) 10th-16th centuries Islamic Architecture in Europe

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the course, general informations about the course Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week General evaluation of Early Islamic Period, general framework of Islamic Arts in the Mediterranean, cultural encounters Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Art and Architecture of Fatimids Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Islam in the West: The Art and Architecture of the Andalusian Umayyads from Emirate to Caliphate Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Islamic Art Heritage in Sicily: Art and Architecture in the Norman Period Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Artistic Environment in Central Maghreb and Encounters with Andalusia Artistic Environment from 'Principles' to Muratıb and Muhavids in the Iberian Peninsula after the Andalusian Umayyads Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week The last Muslim Kingdom in Spain, Nasirids: Alhambra Palace, Artistic Situation in North Africa: Merinis, Sadis Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Heritage of Islamic Arts in the West: Mudéjar, Cultural and Artistic Environment in Iberia Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Midterm Exam Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Ayyubids in the Islamic World and Their Contribution to the Artistic Environment Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week The Place of the Mamluks in the Islamic World and Their Contribution to the Artistic Environment Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Safavids and Architecture in the Islamic World Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Mughal Empire and Architecture in the Islamic World Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Evaluation of the course period, closing of the course Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Albert Gabriel, İstanbul, 2006.
Architecture of The Islamic World, Ed.George Michell, London, 1978
Clot, A., Kölelerin İmparatorluğu, İstanbul, 2005.
Clot, A., Kölelerin İmparatorluğu, İstanbul, 2005.
Ed. Hattstein, M.-Delius, P., İslam Sanatı ve Mimarisi (Türkçe Baskı), İtalya, 2007.
Ed. Hattstein, M.-Delius, P., İslam Sanatı ve Mimarisi (Türkçe Baskı), İtalya, 2007.
Oleg, G., İslam Sanatının Oluşumu, İstanbul, 1988.
Oleg, G., İslam Sanatının Oluşumu, İstanbul, 1988.
O'Shea; Stephen İnanç denizi : Ortaçağ Akdenizinde islam ve hıristiyanlık/ çeviren Egemen Demircioğlu. İstanbul : İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2011.
Özkan Altınöz, M., (2016) “Mudéjar (Müdeccen) Mimarisi'nin İspanya Mimarlık Tarihi Referans Kaynaklarında Yaşadığı Sorunlar”, Megaron. 2016; 11(3): 310-317 | DOI: 10.5505/megaron.2016.18480
Özkan Altınöz, Meltem, Idiosyncratic narratives : mudéjar architecture and its historiography in Spain [Electronic resource] / Meltem Özkan Altınöz, Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Middle East Technical University, 2013.
Yetkin, S.K., İslam Ülkelerinde Sanat, İstanbul, 1984.
Yetkin, S.K., İslam Ülkelerinde Sanat, İstanbul, 1984.

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 6
Homework 1 5
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 2
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 2
Total Workload
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