Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THE ART HISTORY OF TURKISH AND ISLAMIC MINIATURE USAN326 6. 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 Muharrem ÇEKEN
Assistants
Goals The aim of the course is to teach the miniature art as an important field of Turkish and Islamic arts, evaluating it with various art schools in accordance with historical development, thus having the student gain the point of view for Turkish and Islamic depictive arts.
Course Content Starting with the emergence of miniature art, it's development in different Turkish and Islamic states, evaluating the regional differences will be handled.
Learning Outcomes 1) Apprehesion of 11-13th centuries manuscripts with miniatures and miniatures in accordance with their subjects.
2) Identifying the Mongolian and Ilkhanid miniatures.
3) Identifying the styles of Turkoman Principalities, Timurid Period and Safavid Period miniatures.
4) Ability to follow the stylistic development, subjects and manuscripts of Ottoman miniatures from it's emergence to the 18th century.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The issue of depictive art in Islam. What is miniature? How is it made? Origins and emergence of miniature in Turkish and Islamic art. First manuscripts with miniatures. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week What are the 11-13th centuries miniatures? How does the miniatures divide according to their subjects? Explanation of the manuscripts with miniatures and miniatures of this period. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Continuation of introducing the miniatures from 11-13th centuries. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Continuation of introducing the miniatures from 11-13th centuries. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Continuation of introducing the miniatures from 11-13th centuries. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week The alterations occured by Mongolian influences. Intoduction of the Mongolian and Ilkhanid miniatures. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Midterm Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Introducing the miniatures of Jalayerids, Muzaffarids and Timurids. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Introducing the miniatures of Kara Koyun and Ak Koyun. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Introducing the miniatures of Safavid Period. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Introducing the miniatures of Ottomans, from the beginning to the mid 16th century. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Introduction of the 16th century miniature. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Continuation of introducing the 16th century miniatures. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Introducing the 17th and 18th century miniatures of Ottoman Period. Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
And, M. Osmanlı Tasvir Sanatları I, Minyatür, İstanbul 2003.
And, Metin. Turkish Miniature Painting. The Otoman Period. Istanbul 1982.
Atasoy, Nurhan & Çagman, Filiz. Turkish Miniature Painting, Istanbul 1974.
Atıl, E., Lakila wa Dimna, Washington 1981
Basil, G., Persian Painting, Cenevre 1971.
Ettinghausen, R., Arab Painting, Cenevre 1962
Grube, E., The classical Stlye in Islamic Painting, 1968.
İnal, G., Türk-İslam Minyatür Sanatı Başlangıcından Osmanlılara Kadar, Ankara 1976.
Rice, D.T.-Grey, B., The Illustrations to the ‘World History’ of Rahid al-Din, Edinburg 1976.
Tanındı, Zeren. Siyer-i Nebi, İstanbul 1984.

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 7
Homework 2 8
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 12
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 12
Total Workload
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