COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BYZANTINE MINOR ARTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 2111 BYZANTINE MINOR ARTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZEYNEP ÇAKMAKÇI

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

In this course will be discussed Byzantine terracotta lamps, glazed and unglazed ceramics, coins and seals, glass, ivory and metal objects which were produced between 4th and 15th centuries in the light of examples of museums.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The understanding of the main concept and terminology about terracotta lamps, glazed and unglazed ceramics, glass, ivory, stone and metal objects, coins and seals.
2   The objects which were produced between 4th to 15th centuries will be distinguished according to their typology, style, technic and chronological order.
3   The evaluation of these artifacts according to workshop, technic-material, the supply and demand points and the user profile. The determination of the artifacts within socially and economically

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Byzantine Ceramic Art, the terminological and Technical Information (with visual material).
2 Types of Ceramic Artifacts, Resources, and Use (with visual material).
3 The terminology and technics of Byzantine glassworks (with visual supplies)
4 Types of glass Artifacts, Resources, and Use (with visual material).
5 The terminology and technics of Byzantine ivories (with visual supplies)
6 Types of Byzantine ivories, Resources, and Use (with visual material).
7 The terminology and technics of Byzantine metalwork
8 Midterm Exam
9 Types of metalworks, Resources, and Use (with visual material).
10 The terminology and technics of Byzantine stoneworks (with visual supplies)
11 Types of Byzantine stoneworks, Resources, and Use (with visual material).
12 Byzantine coins
13 General Information on Byzantine Lead Seals (material, production, application areas, information on the format)
14 Byzantine Museums and collections
15 Byzantine Museums and collections
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

D.T. Rice, The Art of Byzantium, London 1959.
Byzantium ( Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture ), Ed. By. David Bucton, London 1994.
The Glory of Byzantium, ed. C. Evans-William D. Wixom, New York, 1997
Byzantium Faith and Power (1261-1557), ed. H. C. Evans New York 2004.
A.CUTLER-J.M.SPIESER, Das Mittelalterliche Byzans 725-1204, Münhen 1994.
O.M. DALTON, Byzantine Art and Archaeology, New York 1961, 2nd ed.
V. FRANÇOIS- J.M.SPIESER, Pottery and Glass in Byzantium , The Economic History of Byzantium: From the Seventh Through the Fifteenth Century, Washington,D.C. 2002, s.593-609.
K. WEITZMAN, Ivories , Byzantine Art and European Art, 9th, Exhibition of Council of Europe, Athens 1964.
K. WEITZMAN, Byzantıne Book Illumınatıon & Ivorıes, London 1980
A.V. SALDERN, Ancient and Byzantine Glass from Sardis, (Sardis Monographs 6), Cambridge 1980.
S.ATASOY, "Bizans ve Osmanlı Devrinde Madenler", Sanat Tarihi Yıllığı, 1982.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2.Presentation
3. Question and answer
4.Research activites library

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 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1454
LO.255
LO.345