COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Carpet - Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BAHADIR ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Carpet-Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns
Carpet - Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns
Carpet, Rug and Traditional Fabric Designs

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the students the history of Turkish Carpets and the local carpets, to teach them to analyze carpets in accordance with their technical and design features, and help them to make production designs and original arrangements on computer by interpreting the knowledge they have gained.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Turkish Handwoven Carpets Catalogue No:1,2,3,4,5. Hazl.: Güran Erbek. Ankara Ekim 1987. Ünal Ofset, 2.Baskı, Mayıs 1992. Sevinç Matb. (s.y) "T.C.Kültür Bakanlığı Döner Sermaye Işletmeleri Merkez Müdürlüğü
- ASLANAPA, Oktay: Türk Halı Sanatının Bin Yılı. Istanbul I987. Çeltüt Matb. 235 S. (126 renkli,82 s.b.resim+37 çizim) "Eren Yayıncılık ve Kitapçılık"
- YETKIN, Şerare: Türk Halı Sanatı. Istanbul 1974. Çeltüt Matbaacılık Koll.Şli. 165 S., 2.basım, Ankara 1991. Tisa Matbaacılık, 225 S. "Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları: 150, Sanat Serisi:20
- Turkish Carpets From The 13 th-18 th Centuries: (nazan ÖLÇER, Valkmar ENDERLEIN, Ferenc BATARI, John MILLS), (Yay: Ahmet ERTUĞ), Milan 1996, Amilcare Pizzi SPA, Tekstil Bank Yayını

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, the instructor informs the students on carpet history in Turkey. He also instruct them the basic features of local carpets by visual samples. A technical analysis is done on a sample carpet practically. To be able to make a local carpet arrangement, necessary criteria and calculations are instructed by samples. The students are expected to make carpet arrangements and variations in accordance with a selected location, using the information they have gained. The students are guided during the theoretical and practice studies.
The practice studies are realized by pixel basis programs. In addition to the basic knowledge they have gained in Pattern Design on Computer lessons, the students are instructed about using the programs for carpet designing and applied techniques; and practice studies begin.
Furthermore, the students prepare a production design in intended size without deforming the motifs of a local carpet.
The students also prepare homework and a presentation on another local carpet except the locals they are studying on.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The evaluation of the project is done by the composition and motif choice based on the location, the easiness between colour and composition, the project file content and the student s project argument.
The evaluation of homework and presentation is done by the content of the study, the variety of resources and the proper usage of theoretical and practical information learnt in classes and using it for interpreting a different subject.
Attendance is evaluated in accordance with the instructor s opinion by considering the student s attendance and in-class performance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

80 % attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahadir.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

There is no special Office day. The student can contact the lecturer when needed.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes