Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THE WRITTEN AND THE VISUAL SOURCES OF ART HISTORY USAN333 5. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Tolga BOZKURT
Assistants
Goals The aim of the lecture is to raise awareness on the usage of visual sources like miniatures, gravures and old photographs in addition to the main sources of art history as inscriptions and archive records.
Course Content The importance of attributing the art history texts to the concrete records with the inferences from the original written sources as inscriptions, chronicles, archive records and travel notes and also enlightening the uncertainties by making interpretations in accordance with the visual materials which have historical qualities are pointed out.
Learning Outcomes 1) Gains experience on inscription analysis.
2) Has basic information about the Seljuks Vaqfs and the order of Ottoman archive.
3) Refers to the travel notes in his/her researches.
4) Uses the visual sources in his/her studies.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the topic and presenting the literature. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Station; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Classification of the written and the visual sources. 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 Introduction and evaluation of the building inscriptions (construction and renovation). Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week The vaqf system and the vaqf records. 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 Tahrir records. 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 Şeriye Sicilleri (The court records). Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Hurufat records. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week The chronicles (I). 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 The chronicles (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.)
11. Week The city annuals and the travel books. 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 The miniatures and the engravings. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week The documentary photographs and the important archives for Turkey. 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 Final exam. Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ahmed Eflâki, Menâkıbü'l Arifin (Ariflerin Menkıbeleri), I-II, Ankara, 1964, 1986
Evliyâ Çelebi b. Derviş Mehmmed Zıllî, Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnâmesi, (Haz. S.A. Kahraman, vb.), İstanbul, 2011.
İ. Ethem Paşa ve Komisyon, Usul-i Mi'mar-i Osmani, İstanbul, 1873
İbn Bibi, El Evamirü'l - Ala'iye Fi'l Umuri'l -Ala'iye (Selçuk Name) I-II, (Haz. M. Öztürk), Ankara, 1996.
Kullanımı açık ulusal ve uluslararası fotoğraf arşivleri.
Ömer Lütfi Barkan, Süleymaniye Camii ve İmareti İnşaaatı, Cilt: I-II, Ankara, 1979.
Rıfkı M. Meriç, Mimar Sinanın Hayatı ve Eserlerine Dair Metinler, Ankara, 1956, 1965.
Yayınlanmış İnşaat Defterleri, Vakfiyeler, Salnameler, Şer'iye Sicilleri ve Seyahatnameler.

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 8
Midterm Exam 1 6
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 12
Final Exam 1 8
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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