COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH ISLAMIC ART HISTORY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6105 TURKISH ISLAMIC ART HISTORY I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

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

While examining the birth and developing process of Islamic Arts, the borders of the term of Islamic Arts will be understood; by studying the regional and cultural combination of Islamic Arts and its technical formulations it is aimed that the place of Turkish arts in Islamic Arts will be clarified.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Study and analyse the basic factors that effects on the birth and developing periods of Turkish Islamic Arts.
2   Understands historical and regional counters of the term Islamic Arts.
3   Explain analytically the universal order and regional differences of Islamic Arts.
4   Understands the importance and meaning of Turkish Arts in Islamic Arts
5   Gains the ability to detect and interpret the unique features and continuity of Turkish Islamic Arts that makes tradition.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Historical and theoretical perspective.
2 The birth of Islamic Arts.
3 The Islamic Arts as a concept : the effects of historical and geographical borders.
4 Common language of Islamic Arts: Calligraphy, Arabesque.
5 Common language of Islamic Arts: geometrical patterns etc.
6 Combination in Islamic Arts: Wahdah in Kasrah Kasrah in Wahdah
7 Combination in Islamic Arts: Kairouan Great Mosque, Córdoba Great Mosque, and Cairo Mosque of Ibn Tulun.
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Combination in Islamic Arts: Anatolian Seljuk s Mosques
10 Combination in Islamic Arts: Ottoman s Mosques
11 Sinan s Architectural theory: Edirne Selimiye Mosques
12 West-East relation in Sinan s Arts
13 Combination in Islamic Arts: Masjid-i Shah in Isfahan and Taj Mahal
14 General Review and conceptual analysis.

Recomended or Required Reading

- Oktay Aslanapa, Türk Sanatı, Istanbul, 1989.
- Oktay Aslanapa, Türk Sanatı El Kitabı, Istanbul, 1993
- Doğan Kuban, Sinan ın Sanatı ve Selimiye, Istanbul, 1988.
- Doğan Kuban, Türk ve Islam Sanatı Üzerine Denemeler, Istanbul, 1982.
- Titus Burckhardt, Islam Sanatı: Dil ve Anlam, ter. Turan Koç, Ist. 2005.
- Oleg Grabar, Islam Sanatının Oluşumu, Çev. Nuran Yavuz, Ist. 1998.
- Suut Kemal Yetkin, Islam Ülkelerinde Sanat, Istanbul 1984.
- Doğan Kuban, Anadolu-Türk Mimarisinin Kaynak ve Sorunları, Istanbul, 1965.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, 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


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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Reading 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 178

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.24
LO.355
LO.45
LO.544