COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BYZANTINE ART I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 2013 BYZANTINE ART I 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 aim of this course,is to reveal the artistic traditions of the Byzantine Empire and is to introduce the arts works with geographical, cultural and social aspects between 4th-15th century.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Perceiving the terminology of the period
2   To transfer their savings to the science museum
3   To understand the regional differences
4   Perceiving types of structures of the period
5   To compare the period works with the contemporaries works

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Byzantine Art and its emergence on the world and in Turkey. Periods of Byzantine Art.
2 Information about the organization and the city of Constantine, panorama of the Istanbul in Byzantine period. Istanbul Land walls (with visual materials).
3 Istanbul Forums: History and Architecture,Istanbul Hippodrome, historical phases Its History and Architecture (with visual materials).
4 First Churches in Byzantine architecture: Basilicas. The adaptation of basilicas, which were court and meeting places during Roman era, to Christian architecture. Construction materials techniques. (with visual materials).
5 Plan type and description of the terminology of the Church, the church, liturgical space, and staff understanding of the examples. (with visual materials).
6 Classification of Basilicas according to cover systems. 1. Hellenistic Basilicas: Examples from Italy and Greece (with visual materials).
7 Vaulted Basilicas: Churches in Karaman and Karadağ. Plan characteristics and general features of this type. (with visual materials).
8 Midterm exam
9 Domed Basilicas: Emergence, definition, architectural features. Constantinople/Istanbul Hagia Sophia Church. Construction process under light of The Buildings of Justinian by Chronicler Procopius, and material usage (with visual materials).
10 Buildings with Central Plan: General information. Plan types and functions.Examples from Italy(with visual materials).
11 Iconoclasm period and building activities (with visual material).
12 General information about Churches with Closed Greek Cross Plan.
13 Churches with Closed Greek Cross Plan in Istanbul Monasteries
14 Late Byzantine Architecture and construction activities, access information about culture and art of this period.
15 Late Byzantine Architecture and construction activities, access information about culture and art of this period.
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

R. Krautheimer, Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture, Pelican History of Art,Harmondsworth:Penguin Book, 1965
C. Mango (Çev. M. Kadiroğlu), Bizans Mimarisi, Ankara, 2006.
Wolfgang Müler- Wiener, Istanbulun Tarihsel Topografyası, (çev.Ü.Sayın), Yapıkredi Yayınları, 2002.
J. Kostenec, Bizans Yürüyüş Yolu: Büyük Saray Bölgesi, ed. T. Öner, Ist. 2008
T. F. Mathews, The Early Churches of Constantinople Architecture and Liturgy,Pennsilvenia, 1980.
S. Eyice, Son Devir Bizans Mimarisi, Istanbulda Palaiologoslar Devri Anıtları, 1980.
R. G. Ousterhoud, The Architecture of Kariye Camii in Istanbul, Dumbarton Oaks Studies,XXV, 1987.
C.L. Striker, The Myralaion (Bodrum Camii) in Istanbul, Princeton Univ.Press, NewJersey, 1981.
Akyürek, E., Bizans ta Sanat ve Ritüel, Istanbul 1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zeynep.cakmakci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3554
LO.445
LO.544

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