COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO TEXT DECORATION TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HAT 2005 INTRODUCTION TO TEXT DECORATION TECHNIQUES COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜL GÜNEY ZINCIR

Offered to

Art of Calligraphy
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Course Objective



The aim of this course is to teach the students to apply the drawing and painting techniques of classic, halkar, baroque, rococa styles in the Illumination Art in the areas of 5x5 or 10x10; and also to teach the usage of motifs, free and symmetric, such as zencerek, rumi,bulut, semi-styled or naturalist flowers in the composition of inside casing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 know the materials used in Turkish Art of Illumination designing principles, and be efficient to use them,
2   2 apply the techniques gold application, zerafşan, halkar, painting etc.- on a piece of paper,
3   3 use the techniques of the Illumination designing in different disciplines,
4   4 use the Illumination designing disciplines in vocational education,
5   5 have the professional responsibility and ethical consciousness.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Resources related to the Turkish Art of Illumination 11 Applied samples in 5x5 or 10x10 areas where all techniques can be used
2 2 The materials used in Illumination Art and their technical information 12 Checking the applications and submitting the files
3 3 The drawing and painting techniques of Classic illumination 13 Evaluation
4 3 The drawing and painting techniques of Classic illumination 14 Evaluation
5 5 Şikaf drawing and painting technique in Illumination Art
6 6 The zer-ender-zer technique in Illumination Art
7 7 Essay (composition) in illumination art
8 8 Scanning technique in illumination art
9 9 Assignment / presentation
10 10 Pouring technique in illumination art

Recomended or Required Reading



Zeren Tanındı: Kitap ve Tezhibi, Osmanlı Uygarlığı, Ankara 2004, s.865-891
Banu Mahir: II. B.Devri Saray Nakkaşhanesinin Osmanlı Tezhip Sanatına Katkıları, Türkiyemiz,S: 60,s.4-13.
F.Çağman: M. Sinan Döneminde Ehl-i Hiref Teşkilâtı ,T. Mimarlığı ve Sanatı, Istanbul1988,s.73-77; Saray Nakkaşhanesi ,Ist. 1989,s.35-46.
I. Hakkı Uzunçarşılı: Osmanlı Saray Teşkilatı, Ankara 1988.
Ayla Ersoy ; Türk Tezhip Sanatı, Istanbul 1988s.
R. M.Meriç: Türk Nakış Sanatı Tarihi Araştırmaları Vesikaları,I,Ankara 1953 .
H. Yağmurlu : TSM Kütüphanesinde Imzalı Eserleri Bulunan Tezhip Ustaları ,Türk Etnografya Dergisi, Ayrı Basım , 1973,s.79- 125
Onbin Yıllık Iran Medeniyeti IkibinYıllık Ortak Miras, T.SM.,Şubat 2010, 335s.
1400.Yılında Kur an-ı Kerîm, Istanbul 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods



This course involves 2 theoretical course credits; and 2 practical course credits. In the educational year, both a mid-term exam and a final exam are given to the students so as to make them comprehend the course content during the lessons. By means of the exams, how much information given by the books and notes has been grasped, and at what degree the practices related to the designs have been turned into skills will be evaluated. The students will be supposed to prepare an assignment and present it in the course systematics they have grasped.
It is important for the students to attend classes because they can improve their drawing skills and because this applied course is the main course of the discipline the students related to. So, the attendance will be taken into consideration.
At the end of the term, by considering ethical, systematic, organizational and esthetical principles, each student will represent his project with a file including project stages.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRC PRACTICE
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRC * 0.90 + ATT * 0.10


*** 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



The students coming to class late will be accepted into the class but are considered to attend half class period. All attendance will be scored as mentioned above. At the end of each course, the next lesson s subject is given to the students as study and research subject. Each lesson starts after discussing the study and research subject before teaching it.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç.Gül Güney
email: gul.guney@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Lesson time and proper time

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 14 3 42
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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