COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STUDIO-PROJECT I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RSM 1003 STUDIO-PROJECT I COMPULSORY 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Department of Painting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YUDUM AKKUŞ

Offered to

Painting

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable the students to experience the discovery of basic fine arts tools in the course of their fundamental education and to develop the skills concerning seeing and modeling with the aid of various painting techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To discover the basic tools of fine arts.
2   Revealing individual experiences regarding seeing and modeling.
3   To have the students experiment with opportunities presented by artistic techniques.
4   Drawing as a form of pictorial expression and discussion of various approaches concerning drawing in the course of history of art.
5   Having the students to make figure drawing and still life studies --mainly utilizing pencil, charcoal, ink, watercolor and gouache techniques.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction. Acknowledgement about the content, progression and operation of the course. Introduction of the required materials with regard to the studies to be made, and information on how to obtain them. A talk about the meaning of drawing. Discussion of various approaches to drawing with typical examples made throughout the history of art.
2 Discussion on visual elements such as dot, line, form, color, texture and plane. Studies of still life subjects.
3 Discussion on visual elements such as dot, line, form, color, texture and plane. Studies of still life subjects.
4 Discussion on visual elements such as dot, line, form, color, texture and plane. Studies of still life subjects.
5 Experiencing visual elements through the drawing of objects.
6 Experiencing visual elements through the drawing of objects.
7 Experiencing visual elements through the drawing of objects (by using natural forms).
8 Experiencing visual elements through the drawing of objects (by using natural forms).
9 Studies concerning light-shadow, texture and the creation of volume in compositions of still life subjects.
10 Studies concerning light-shadow, texture and the creation of volume in compositions of still life subjects.
11 Composition study of a figure aimed at questioning the relationship between figure and space.
12 Composition study of a figure aimed at questioning the relationship between figure and space.
13 Exhibition and presentation
14 Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Wölfflin, Heinrich, Art History , Remzi Kitabevi, 1985
2. Gombrich, E. H., Art and Illusion , Remzi Kitabevi, 1992
3. Sartre, Jean Paul, A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination, Doruk Yayınları, Jan 1998
4. Worringer, Wilhelm, Abstraction and Empathy , Remzi Kitabevi, 1985
5. Kandinski, Wasili, Concerning the Spiritual in Art Sanatta Zihinsellik Üstüne , Yapı Kredi yayınları, May 1993
6. Hauser, Arnold, Social History of Art, Remzi Kitabevi, 1984
7. Berger, John, About Looking Metis yayınları, 2. Basım, Dec 1986
8. Antmen, Ahu, 20. Yüzyıl Batı Sanatında Akımlar Sel Yayıncılık, Dec 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To start a sustainable dialog with the students through mutual conversations about their works, thus helping the unique individual elements to come out in the works produced. To reinforce the topics by presenting samples of artworks, making reading suggestions and watching movies/videos.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 COM COMMITTEE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE COM * 1


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Whether the student is persistent and conscious in his attitude during the creation process aimed at solving the given artistic problem...The question of whether the produced works carry the clues of a consistent process that reveal an artistic identity concerning the forming of a unique visual language... Whether the works are satisfying with regard to quantity and quality.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 14 3 42
Practice ( Studio work, lab etc..) 15 3 45
Weekly preparations before and after class (such as reading course materials and articles) 15 2 30
Doing homework 1 10 10
Prepare a presentation 1 10 10
Final Assessment Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.153
LO.235
LO.33
LO.433
LO.51335