COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜL GÜNEY ZINCIR

Offered to

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy
Art of Illumination
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach the students the illumination features of kıta and murakka in Illumination Art, the improvement in the history of Illumination, styles and the artists having styles in Turkish Illumination and their artefacts.

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

Ayla Ersoy ; Türk Tezhip Sanatı, Istanbul 1988
Gülnur Duran ; Ali Üsküdari Istanbul 2008 190s
A.Maktal;Tezyinat-ı Kur aniye, Uluslararası Türk Dünyası Kültür Kurultayı Cilt 4 Izmir 2006 1461-1471s.
Zeren Tanındı; Kitap ve Tezhibi Ankara 2004 865-891s.
Ilhan Özkeçeci;Türk Sanatı nda Kompozisyon Istanbul 2008
Colin F.Baker : Qur an Manuscript, London 2007
Gül Güney : Manisa Il Halk Kütüphanesi nde Yer Alan 3136 Envanter No lu Mushaf-ı Şerif in Süslemeleri , Dokuz Eylül Üni. 10.El Sanatları Semp.Izmir 2009
David James: Qur ans of The Memluks, Alexandraıa Press London1998.
Sühüheyl Ünver : Baba Nakkaş, Fatih ve Istanbul Dergisi, C.II, Sayı7-12(1954)
Süheyl Ünver : Ressam Nigari, Hayatı ve Eserleri Ankara 1946
Süheyl Ünver : Müzehhip Karamemi, Istanbul 1951
Süheyl Ünver : Ressam Nakşi Hayatı ve Eserleri, Istanbul 1949

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, we will systematically analyze the illuminated areas in kıta and murakka, which are the common practice areas of illumination; we will teach the design methods by introducing related disciplines and samples; and, the designing, its kinds, methods and techniques will be taught in workshops. Original designs will be drawn suitable for the fields in question by using one or more illumination methods in accordance with general design principles and techniques applied in illumination. Computer technology can be used in assignment, planning and designing stages and presentation. The students will be evaluated according to their using skills in their assignments and projects.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment 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 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)

00902324129280
gul.guney@deu.edu.tr
00902324129277
tulin.adanir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

There is'nt any time

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes