COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADORMENT IN MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC COUNTRIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4113 ADORMENT IN MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC COUNTRIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞENAY ÖZGÜR YILDIZ

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To show the elements differentiating and corresponding in Islamic arts; to make definition of ornament; to analyze the ornament motives from architecture to small objects in the framework of form and meaning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to interpret the notions of arts and Islamic arts.
2   Will gain ability of explaining the factors having role in the formation of arts.
3   Will have knowledge on the works of early Islamic arts and architecture.
4   Will learn the value and importance of ornaments in architecture.
5   Will have a common knowledge on decoration and other decorative arts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Functions of Ornament
3 Iconography in Islam
4 Geometric Ornament and its Meaning
5 Vegetal Ornament Program and its Meaning
6 Figured Ornament Program and its Meaning
7 Calligraphy
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Arts in Umayyads and Abbasids
10 Arts in Qarakhanids and Gaznavids
11 Arts in Seljukids
12 Arts in Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Mamluks
13 Anatolia in the Middle Age
14 Arts in Early Ottoman (Interaction in Islamic Arts of Middle Age)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Arseven, C. E., Türk Sanatı, Istanbul, 1970.
2. Aslanapa, O., Türk Sanatı, 1. Cilt, Istanbul 1972.
3. Öney; G. (ed.), Erken Osmanlı Sanatı, Arkeoloji ve Sanat, Istanbul 2002.
4. Öney; G., Islam Mimarisinde Çini, Ada Yayınları, Istanbul, 1987.
5. Yetkin, S. K., Islam Sanatı Tarihi, Ankara 1954.
6. Yetkin, S. K., Islam Mimarisi, Ankara, 1965.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, reading, research, Q&A, presentation, discussion, homework and practice

Assessment Methods

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

senay.ozgur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51