COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AESTHETIC PROSES IN PAINTING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RSA 6039 AESTHETIC PROSES IN PAINTING ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Painting

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AHMET FEYZI KORUR

Offered to

Painting

Course Objective

This course aims at helping the student discover formally as well as conceptually that in the process of painting the characteristics of paint itself, the painter s experience with the paint and the formation processes which evoke a visceral response in the viewer, together play a role in the creation of the work s meaning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   that balancing visual, formal elements and conceptual goals in painting is of importance;
2   that beyond the surface effects such as brush strokes, fine and thick paint transitions, transparent and opaque paint applications, impasto, raw canvas, and considerations regarding the texture, the visual effects of the painting surface, the painting process includes the individuality of the painter, his or her personal aesthetic and technical decisions and counter-decisions;
3   that with its material nature painting has been an important actor in the history of art and continues to be a viable means of expression in today s art.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 creative process in art
2 aesthetic thinking and form
3 (the problem of surface and space in painting)
4 (the materiality of thinking)
5 (the materiality of experience)
6 (the materiality of paint and plasticity)
7 (painting as an intentional act)
8 (painting as a mode of thinking)
9 (materiality and discourse)
10 (materiality and the mind of the artist)
11 (the materiality of the viewer s experience)
12 (seeing and the process of artistic transformation)
13 (the process of structred looking in art)
14 (a general overview)

Recomended or Required Reading

Zehra Çiçek (2016). Teknolojinin gölgesinde resimde estetik süreç. Istanbul: Agora Kitaplığı

Sharon Orleans Lawrence (2013). How the materiality of paint is intrinsic to the work of art. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press.

James Elkins (2005). What painting is: how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy. New York: Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course aims at helping the student discover formally as well as conceptually that in the process of painting the characteristics of paint itself, the painter s experience with the paint and the formation processes which evoke a visceral response in the viewer, together play a role in the creation of the work s meaning.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

learning

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Reading 4 20 80
Project Assignment 1 10 10
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1444
LO.2444
LO.3444

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