COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COLOURFUL SCULPTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 5052 COLOURFUL SCULPTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Art and Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SEVGI AVCI

Offered to

Art and Design

Course Objective

To look into sculptural art in the context of colour and to examine ideas of the use of colour in the 19th century through a point of view of an artist

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To gain enough knowledge regarding the use of colour in sculpture,
2   To identify the effects of colour on sculpture through the examples belonging to the 19th century,
3   To examine methods of the use of colour in sculpture, so one can benefit from it as much as possible in his own work,
4   To examine the qualities of coloured sculpture in its period and culture,
5   To interpret the results of the effects of colour in sculptural art.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What if Multicolour in sculpture Why were the responses overreactive The importance and aim of the course.
2 The general condition of sculptural art in the 19th century, and the effect of Antiquity and Naturalism on sculpture in the second half of the century
3 In the 19th century scupture history, the role of colour and Modernization
4 Antithesis developed against the use of colour in sculpture in the 19th century
5 The anticolour artist of the 19th century Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and Adolf Hildebrand (1847-1921) , Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Their attitude (Empressionist and Neoclassist)
6 The methods of the use of colour in sculpture in the 19th century
7 Looking into the examples of artists from the 19th century who used colour on sculptureJean Léon Gerome (1824-1904),John Gibsen (1790 -1866),Prosper d Epinay (1836-1914),Aoguste ClEsinger (1814-1883), Henr Cros (1840-1907), Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901), Max Klinger (1857-1920), Richard König (1863-1920) ,Franz von Stuck (1863-1928), Edward Onslow Ford 1852-1901,George- Henry Hemaire1853-1914)
8 Homework-presentation-Seminar: Multicolour and symbolism in sculpture
9 Homework-presentation-Seminar: A realististic effect and the issue of transforming in the multicoloured sculptures
10 Homework-presentation-Seminar: Effect of volume in coloured sculpture
11 Homework-presentation-Seminar: Effect of colour and light in sculpture
12 Mid-semester exam
13 Homework-presentation-Seminar: The issue of kitsch and colour in sculptural art
14 Homework-presentation-Seminar: Abstraction and colour in sculptural art

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Referances:
Sevgi Avcı, `Heykel ve Renk , 2003 - Sanatta Yeterlik Tezi-
Supplementary Referances:
1- Anreas Blühm, W. Drost, j. Hargrove, E. Heran, P. Ward-Jackson, A. Yarrington `The Colour of Sculpture (1840 -1910) , Vangogh Museum, Amsterdam-1996
2-Roberta Panzanelli, The Colour of Life Polychromy in Sculpture From Antiquity to The Present J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles-2008
3- John Cage, `Colour and Culture Thames and Hudson, London-2003
4- Johannes ITTEN, Art Of Color, The subjective experience and objective rationale of color çev.: Erns van HAOGEN, New York-2004
5-Victoria FINLAY, Renkler- Boya Kutusunda Yolculuklar , Çev.: Kudret EMIROĞLU, Dost Yay. , Ankara 2007
6-François DELEMARE Bernard GUINEAU, Renkler ve Malzemeleri .Çev.: Orçun TÜRKAY,YKY Yay., Istanbul -2007
Other Materials Related to the Course:
Contemporary exhibitions, periodical publications, exhibition catalouges, various publications accesible through internet (film, video, article etc.)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturer presents course using written and visual data at the first hour to go ahead with it in discussion with students at the second hours. The last four week includes presentations of given subjects to be prepared and their related criticisms.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 +FCG * 0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 RST RESIT


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students abilities of reviewing literature, gathering data, compiling, analysing and reporting conclusions of their subjects are assessed by the presentations of assigments they have prepared at the end of the term.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The student must 1- Attend at least 70% of the class, 2- To comply with previously determined homework-presentation-seminar and exam calender.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sevgi.avci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On Thursdays 15:30 -17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 2 6 12
Preparation for quiz etc. 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 4 6 24
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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