GEAR 220 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Political Science and International Relations

Course Name

Fine and Applied Arts from the Ottoman Era to Contemporary Turkey

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEAR 220	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Case Study Q&A Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Öğr. Gör. Thomas KEOGH
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Thomas KEOGH
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	The course aims to introduce the history of Turkish visual culture from the earliest days of the Ottoman Empire up to the present; to make students familiar with the most important concepts, objects and figures of this history; to present a critical approach to the study of Turkish culture
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; recognize the visual culture of Turkey. understand the complex layers of meaning and historical particularity evident in the existing historic artifacts. evaluate significant artifacts and art movements, even into the contemporary era, that form the cultural heritage of Turkey. develop their own ideas related to historic Turkish cultural movements within a broader regional and international context. recognize important figures who contributed to Turkish culture.
Course Description	The course will focus on three phases of Turkish culture. The Ottoman era - from its beginning, showing various influences such as Persian Selcuk and Byzantine - up to the effective dissolution of the empire including late court artistic expressions. The Modernist period - examining the influence of internationalist styles in the 19th and 20th centuries from the development of a Turkish impressionist movement, through the republican period and up to the late formalism of the 60s and 70s. The contemporary period - examining the advent of conceptual art in Turkey, the development of contemporary art institutions and the manner in which major contemporary issues have influenced current art practice in Turkey.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction to the class.	None
2	Lecture 1. An examination of early Turkic art in Central Asia. The Seljuks of Rum The golden era of Ottoman culture Mimar Sinan. Iznik ceramics.	Ottoman Civilization 2. Edited by Halil Inalcik and Günsel Renda. Turks 600-1600. The book of the Exhibition The Royal Academy of Arts London 2008 ISBN: 978-903973-56-1 Ottoman Civilization 2. Edited by Halil Inalcik and Günsel Renda. Turks 600-1600. The book of the Exhibition The Royal Academy of Arts London 2008 ISBN: 978-903973-56-1
3	Lecture 2. Opening up to European influences. The Tulip period and Ottoman baroque.	The City's Pleasures: Istanbul in the 18th Century. Shirine Hamadeh. University of Washington Press. 2009 ISBN: 9780295986678 0295986670
4	Lecture 3. The Turkish courts integration into the Beaux Art culture of Europe. Turkish Orientalism. Turkish Art Nouveau. The development of traditional art schools and museums in the 19th century.
5	Lecture 4. Early stirrings of modernist culture in Turkey. Turkish Impressionists and links with European movements. The early republic and its cultural relationship to the Ottoman past. Defining a new direction.	SUBMIT 1 NUMBER FILM / DOCUMENTARY REVIEW (QUIZZES)
6	Lecture 5. Modernist Turkish artists and social realism.	New Works New Horizons Istanbul Modern Museum Book of the exhibition 2009 Çağdaş Türk Sanati. Sezer Tansuğ Remzi Kitabevi 2008 ISBN: 978-975-6167-37-3
7	Lecture 6. Modernist Turkish artists, formalism, abstraction and postmodernism.
8	Lecture 7. The development of the contemporary art institutions in Turkey.
9	EXAM WEEK STUDENT SLIDE EXAMINATION 2 HOURS (MIDTERM)
10	Lecture 8. Turkey and conceptual Art.
11	Lecture 9. Contemporary art in Turkey and socio\polıtical issues. Identity gender and institutional critique.	SUBMIT 1 NUMBER FILM / DOCUMENTARY REVIEW (QUIZZES) Unleashed: Contemporary Art from Turkey. Edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi 2009 ISBN: 978-0-500-97702-6 New Works New Horizons Istanbul Modern Museum Book of the exhibition 2009 Çağdaş Türk Sanati. Sezer Tansuğ Remzi Kitabevi 2008 ISBN: 978-975-6167-37-3
12	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 01
13	STUDENTS PRESENTATIONS 02
14	Artists’s talk	SUBMIT 1 NUMBER FILM / DOCUMENTARY REVIEW (QUIZZES)
15	Semester Review
16	FINAL EXAM

Course Notes/Textbooks

Books list above, power point presentations and tutorials on the website

Suggested Readings/Materials

Ottoman Civilization 2. Edited by Halil Inalcik and Günsel Renda. Turks 600-1600. The book of the Exhibition The Royal Academy of Arts London 2008 ISBN: 978-903973-56-1

Unleashed: Contemporary Art from Turkey. Edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi 2009 ISBN: 978-0-500-97702-6

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	2	10
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	15
Presentation / Jury
Project	2	10
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	8	70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	30
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class			0
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	2	5	10
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	8	8
Presentation / Jury			0
Project	2	10	20
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	20	20
Final Exam	1	14	14
		Total	120

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the areas of Political Science and International Relations.	-	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to have the basic knowledge of, and make use of other disciplines which contribute to the areas of Political Science and International Relations.	-	-	-	-	-
3	To be able to distinguish the differences between classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship.	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to recognize regional and global issues, and develop solutions based on research.	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the areas of Political Science and International Relations critically.	-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to transfer ideas and proposals on issues in the areas of Political Science and International Relations to other people and institutions verbally and in writing.	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to identify the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics.	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to examine concepts, theories, and developments with scientific methods in the areas of Political Science and International Relations.	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to take responsibility as an individual and as a team member.	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to act in accordance with the scientific and ethical values in studies related to Political Science and International Relations.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect data in the areas of Political Science and International Relations and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of experience.	-	-	-	-	-