COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VISUAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES IN MODERN AGE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3532 VISUAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES IN MODERN AGE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKÇEÇIÇEK SAVAŞIR

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

This course aims to raise awareness about the outstanding phenomena, movements, personalities, their productions, and different visual production techniques within the modern art and architecture of the 20th century.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define prominent concepts, trends, people and visual production techniques in the 20th century modern art and architecture.
2   To be able to apply different visual production techniques.
3   To understand and evaluate modern art and architecture with historical, social and cultural phenomena of the 20th century.
4   To explain the information about different movements, people and visual production techniques that stand out in the history of modern art and architecture.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information on the scope, content and method of the course
2 Modern, modernism, modernity
3 Ways of seeing in the modern era
4 Art, life and architecture in the age of mechanical reproduction
5 Impressionism / Post-impressionism
6 Cubism / Futurism / Dada: New ways of seeing
7 Suprematism / Constructivism: New world and new language
8 Neo-plasticizm (De-Stijl) / Bauhaus: New technology and new language
9 Mid-term exam 20%
10 Evaluation of assignments and presentationsFluxus / Arte Povera / Land art: Avant-garde, Experimental Art, Conceptual Art
11 Op-Art: Re-construction of optical image Pop-Art: Commodification of art through the images of popular culture
12 Post-modernity: Art, life and architecture in the age of digital reproduction Portfolio pre-submission %5
13 Evaluation of assignments and presentations %25
14 Portfolio submission_Final exam 50%

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:
Supplementary References:
1. Antmen, Ahu. 2008. Entries and comments to the artists of the 20th Century Western Art Movements. Istanbul: Sel Publishing.
2. Benjamin, Walter. 1936. Art Work of Ages, the technique can produce opportunities again. Passages (Das Passagenwerk). , 2001. Istanbul: NPM, 50-86. [Web Address: http://www.fotografya.gen.tr/issue-14/W_Benjamin_index.htm].
3. Berman, Marshall. 2004. Everything That Is Solid evaporates. Experience of Modernity. Umit Altug and Bulent Peker (trans.), Istanbul: Communications Publishing. (Turkish first published 1994).
4. Berger, John. 2009. Ways of Seeing. (First published 1972 in English, Turkish, first published 1986). Istanbul: Metis.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This seminar course will be held on the general discussions through student assignments and presentations, as well as the lectures given by the instructor. Instructor will direct students with relevant information and resources for the student presentations. Courses will be in the form of high-performance presentations and discussions. Students will be encouraged to participate in class discussions. After the group presentations, the topic will be introduced to a general discussion by the instructor. During the semester, students will produce works appropriating different visual production techniques. The produced works of students can be reproduced with the guidance of instructor during the term. At the end of the period, all the works of a student will be submitted as a portfolio.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.25 + PAR * 0.05 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.25 + PAR * 0.05 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm Exam (20%): An exam will be held throughout the semester. This exam covers the reading texts and presentations made during the theoretical part of the course.
Assignments and Student Presentations (25%): Assignments will be given in the light of group presentations and weekly discussions and prepared individually. In order to achieve the final exam, it is highly recommended to submit all assignments on time and regularly, and revise them with the guidance of the instructor. At the beginning of the semester, the instructor will group the students for presentations. Presentations will focus on the outstanding phenomena, movements, people, their productions and different visual production techniques of the 20th century modern art and architecture. Group presentations require a collaborative effort. It is the group's responsibility to ensure that each group member contributes to the group work equally.
Portfolio_Final Exam (50%): A portfolio that covers all the works produced during the semester will be submitted individually at final exam.
Participation (5%): Portfolio pre-submission will be evaluated. Moreover, student participation will depend on, (i) the student's attendance, (ii) the quality of student's responses to the questions during the course and (iii) the student's contribution to create a positive learning environment.

Assessment Criteria

Assignments and Presentations % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Midterm exam % 20 (LO1, LO4)
Final exam (Portfolyo) % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Participation % 5 (LO2)
Bütünleme % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is highly recommended to be attended the courses, MIM 2523 Sanat Tarihi and MIM 3811 Modern Mimarlık Tarihi.
2. It is not considered as a valid excuse to be absent in class for late submissions of assignments.
3. Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.
4. All kinds of plagiarism will result in a disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gokcecicek.savasir@deu.edu.tr - 0090 232 3018484

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 9 1 9
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam (Portfolio/Exhibition) 1 16 16
Preparing Individual Assignments (Weekly) 8 2 16
Preparing Presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

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.154
LO.2333
LO.353
LO.454