COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LITURGY IN THE BYZANTINE MATERIAL CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 7006 LITURGY IN THE BYZANTINE MATERIAL CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Non-Thesis Master of Museology (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZEYNEP ÇAKMAKÇI

Offered to

Non-Thesis Master of Museology (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

In this course, the works exhibited in the World museums and important collections from the Byzantine period in the presence of metals, glass, ceramics, ivory, cloth, etc.. with technical and stylistic characteristics of the work will be discussed. In addition, the appreciation of Byzantine culture and ways of thinking about the implications will be carried out.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The understanding of the main concept and terminology about Byzantine glass, oil lamps, ivory, ceramics and lead 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 relations of these items with the modern different cultures products
4   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
5   To transfer their savings to the science museum

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The introduction and bibliography. The terminology and technical information of Byzantine glasswork (with visual supplies)
2 Glassmaking of the Late Antique-Early Byzantine Period (with visual material).
3 Glassmaking of the Middle- Late Byzantine Period (with visual material
4 The terminology and Technical Information of Byzantine Ivory Art (accompanied by visual materials).
5 Ivory art of the Late Antique-Early Byzantine Period (with visual material).
6 Ivory art of the Middle and Late Byzantine Period (with visual material).
7 The terminology and Technical Information of Byzantine Ceramics (accompanied by visual materials).
8 Midterm Exam
9 Ceramics of the Late Antique-Early Byzantine Period (with visual material).
10 Ceramics of the Middle-Late Byzantine Period (with visual material).
11 General Information on Byzantine Lead Seals (material, production, application areas and style)
12 Important Lead Stamp Collections
13 Assessment
14 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.
J. BECHWIT, Studies in Byzantine and Medieval Western Art, London 1989.
A.CUTLER-J.M.SPIESER, Das Mittelalterliche Byzans 725-1204, Münhen 1994.
O.M. DALTON, Byzantine Art and Archaeology, New York 1961, 2nd ed.
S.ATASOY, "Bizans ve Osmanlı Devrinde Madenler", Sanat Tarihi Yıllığı, 1982.
V.BULGURLU, Istanbul Arkeoloji Müzesi'ndeki Bizans Kurşun Mühürleri, Istanbul 2007.
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.
P. ARMSTRONG, Ceramics, in E. Jeffreys, J. Haldon, R. Cormack (ed), The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies), Oxford, 2008, 429-443
J. NESBITT, Sigillography, Oxford . 2008,

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 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the question asked in the mid-term and final exams and the presentation and the homework that the student will prepare

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Zeynep ÇAKMAKÇI
Dokuz Eylul University,
Faculty of Letters, Department of Museum Studies
Tinaztepe /Buca-IZMIR
Zeynep.cakmakci@deu.edu.tr
zeyneporals@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Student Presentations 3 1 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 3 30 90
Preparing presentations 3 20 60
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.143554
LO.234554
LO.333455
LO.433454
LO.5344555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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