COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH DECORATIVE ARTS AND CALLIGRAPHY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6109 TURKISH DECORATIVE ARTS AND CALLIGRAPHY I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SEYFULLAH PALALI

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

Become knowledgeable about the types of decorative arts such as calligraphy, illumination, marbling. By studying the historical development of this arts aims to reval their significance in terms of art history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehends the intricacies of Turkish decorative arts.
2   Recognizes the important types and works.
3   Will be able to contribute fully equipped of understanding the importance and protection of traditional handicrafts.
4   Meets with the problems of the field and gains the ability of critical thinking and point of view.
5   Gains the ability of re-interpreting and reproducing the knowledge which is learnt during the Ph.D. program.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An Introduction to the Art of Calligraphy and Illumination
2 The Development of Calligraphy Throughout the History
3 The Calligraphy Types and Application Fields-1
4 The Calligraphy Types and Application Fields-2
5 The Calligraphy Equipments and Their Production Techniques
6 Turkish Calligraphy Discipline and its Features
7 Eminent Calligraphers in Otoman Period( Sheikh Hamdullah, Ahmet Karahisari, Mustafa Rakım)
8 Midterm exam
9 The Aesthetics of Turkish Calligraphy
10 The Development of Illumination Art Throughout the History
11 The Equipments in the Art of Illumination
12 The Motifs in the Art of Illumination
13 The Classification of the Motifs
14 Course review

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Baltacıoğlu, Ismail Hakkı. Türk Plastik Sanatları, MEB Yay. Anlara 1971.
2. Berk, Süleyman. Hattat Mustafa Rakım Efendi, Kaynak Kültür Yayın Gurubu, Istanbul 2003.
3. Kuşoğlu, Mehmet Zeki. Mezar Taşlarında Hüve l-Baki, Renkler Matbaacılık, Istanbul 1984.
4. Kütükoğlu, Mübahat S. Osmanlı Belgelerinin Dili: Diplomatik, Kubbealtı Akademisi Kültür ve San'at Vakfı, Istanbul 1998.
5. Laquer, Hans Peter. Hüve l-Baki Istanbul da Osmanlı Mezarlıkları ve Mezar Taşları, Istanbul 1997.
6. Leaman, Oliver, Islam Estetiğine Giriş, Istanbul, 2012.
7. Osmanlı Fermanları, Çev. Fethi Atay, N.Ilemen, Istanbul 1992.
8. Serin, Muhittin. Hat Sanatı ve Meşhur Hattatlar, Istanbul 1999.
9. Tatlı, Bekir. Mimari Hadisleri, Türk-Islam Mimarisini Taçlandıran Peygamber Sözleri, T.D.V. Yayınları, Ankara, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Narration, research, questions and answers, discussion, homework and practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Midterm performance of the students, homework and a final exam are evaluated based on their performance in the course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

s.palali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 6 78
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.134
LO.2
LO.35
LO.454
LO.555

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