COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 4023 MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZEYNEP ÇAKMAKÇI

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

The course aims to help students acquire a critical approach to arts and artists of
modernism and postmodernism. The course will examine the origins and development of Modern Art and Design, including Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Its purpose is to help the student gain an understanding of some of the major ideas behind and the relationship between the concept and representation of the visual.The course has a strong practical aspect to consolidate the students understanding of the production, presentation, dispersion and transformation of art: Visits to cultural institutions, art galleries, artists studios and visits to class from guests from different fields of the world of art will give students a first-hand experience of the
constantly-changing and multilayered structure of the art scene.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To revise the knowledge of modern art
2   To study different artistic approaches
3   To interpret modern art
4   To gather, arrange and interpret different resources of modern art
5   To explore the interdisciplenary aspects of art
6   Discuss the artwork and practice with the help of contemporary art theory
7   Understand the role of contemporary actors, such as the artist, the curator and the critique in arts production and dissemination
8   Visiting current exhibitions and develop a critical language about these arts exhibitions
9   Have good command of contemporary art theories and practices both in Turkey and on the international leve
10   Develop an advanced grasp of various ways and forms of expression for contemporary art

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Impressionism
2 Impressionism
3 Post-Impressionism; Cézanne, Seurat, van Gogh, Gauguin
4 Symbolism and Fauvism
5 Expressionism
6 Cubism
7 Futurism and Constructivism
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Dadaism, Surrealism and Abstract expressionism
10 Pop Art and Op Art
11 New Realism and Minimalism
12 Conceptual Art
13 Conceptual Art
14 Modern and Contemporary Art Museums
15 Modern and Contemporary Art Museums
16 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

LYNTON, N.; Modern Sanatın Öyküsü, 1991
GOMBRICH, E.H.; Sanatın Öyküsü, 1986
AARNASON, H.H.; History of Modern Art, 1986
HOLLINGSWORTH, Mary; Dünya Sanat Tarihi, 2009
Ismail Tunalı, Felsefenin Işığında Modern Resim, Remzi, Istanbul, 2008
Dialogues in Public Art, Tom Finkelpearl & Vito Acconci
Çağdaş Sanat Konuşmaları, Levent Çalıkoğlu
20. Yüzyıl Batı Sanatında Akımlar, Ahu Antmen

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, presentations and homeworks.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this courseand is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/edebiyat

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof. Zeynep ÇAKMAKÇI

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation before-after PBL/lectures 4 10 40
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 110

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.15
LO.24555555
LO.3533333
LO.455
LO.55
LO.64455555
LO.7544444
LO.84
LO.95
LO.10555555