COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF TURKISH ISLAMıC CALLIGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HAT 1006 HISTORY OF TURKISH ISLAMıC CALLIGRAPHY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYNUR MAKTAL

Offered to

Art of Calligraphy
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach students the role and the importance of Turkish art of calligraphy in book arts, its aesthetic qualifications, materials, the practicing system in classic education system and use of technology in this process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 At the end of this course, these are expected from the students;1. Calligraphy, and plastic arts
2   2. Kinds of technique used in calligraphy ; to explain the stages of preparation of these materials
3   3. the stages classical practice in calligraphy education , to explain and express in this stages
4   4. to exercise on the Kinds of the letters anatomy
5   5. To be able to benefit from modern technology in the implementation of calligraphy writing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Plastic Expression ; harmony and aesthetic values in writing, in Turkish art of calligraphy, Kinds of Calligraphy commonly used by the Turks
2 Ornamental features in Turkish art of calligraphy. Evaluation of practicing files and completion of projects.s
3 Application of different techniques such as Painting, ornamental, Marbled, Zerendud, etc .
4 The preparation of preferred basic materials. Unit composition
5 Master calligraphers in Turkish art of calligraphy; practice and project works
6 The richness of script in Turkish art of calligraphy, text features and common phrases.
7 The richness of composition in Turkish art of calligraphy, features and common phrases.
8 The richness of text in Turkish art of calligraphy,
9 The kinds of writing materials: Types of inks, ultramarine inks, practice and project works
10 Analysis of compositions in Turkish art of Calligraphy designs.
11 Calligraphy examples in epigraphs and inscribed panels; practice and project works

Recomended or Required Reading

Ali Haydar Bayat, Hüsn-i Hat Bibliyografyası, Istanbul 2003; 416s.
Orkun H. N. ,Eski Türk Yazıtları , Ankara 1991
Müstakim-zâde S.S., Tuhfe-i Hattâtîn, Istanbul 1928,846s.
Mahmut Bedreddin Yazır Kalem Güzeli I, II, Ankara 1981; 157s.
Muhittin Serin; Hat Sanatı ; Ist.1999.
Ismail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, Türk Yazı Sanatı; Ankara 1993; 144s.
Ali Alparslan; Osmanlı Hat Sanatı, Istanbul 1978; Besmele Bahçesi, Boğaziçi Yayınlar;1998; 279s.
Abdülhamit Tüfekçioğlu; Osmanlı Sanatının Oluşumunda Yazı; Tezhip Hat,Ankara 2009 ;
Mürekkep Zamanlar ,Yapı Kredi Küitür Yayınları, Istanbul 1997; 112s.
Muhittin Serin ( Haz.) Meşk Murakkaı 1996; 2000;Hulûsî Efendi, Azîz Efendi,Necmettin Okyay Meşk Murakkaa Örnekleri..
Türk Hat Sanatının Şaherserleri,(Hz. M. Uğur Derman), Ankara 1990s. 67s.
Hat Sanatı, (Edit: E. Ihsanoğlu ) Istanbul 1992, 244s.
A.Maktal-S. Toprak, H. Hat Koleksiyonu , Izmir 2008,s.59.
A.Maktal Ders Notları ve Meşk ve Yazı Tasarım Örnekleri..

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, The historical development of I. Calligraphy styles, the relation with disciplines of illumination and book arts, letter anatomies and structure in writings, the features of point and lines related with point in that writing, the changes in letters merging from single body to binary will be explained with reed pen features. Practice methods, stages of writing Kufic script types will be applied step by step with drawing sketches by using reed pen and pencil. The stages of preparing moulds from the first step to last one will be shown and it will be completed with writing on a paper with ahar .

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 ATT ATTENDANCE
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.15 + ASG * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.15
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.15 + ASG * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.20 + RST * 0.15


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams will be evaluated out of 100. This grade will be determined according to the number of the questions to be asked in the exams. And also, the project, the assignment presentation and the attendance will be evaluated out of 100.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation in courses taken in the course, even those from the course after the start time are taken into consideration the participation of half a course. All entries will be considered above the general rate. Towards the end of each lecture topics will be covered in the next lesson the student is offered as a subject of study and research. The first description of the issue presented in the lesson after the class discussion of research results before the study begins.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aynur.maktal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

no

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Preparing assignments 1 1 1
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 57

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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