COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINIATURE PAINTING III

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TEZ 4003 MINIATURE PAINTING III COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR FILIZ ADIGÜZEL

Offered to

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy
Art of Illumination
Art of Calligraphy
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to inform the students about the Ottoman and Iran Miniature styles, to introduce the traditional and modern miniature materials and application techniques. We also aim to have these materials and techniques applied in an original composition, by choosing a subject.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   After the education given by this course, students are supposed to be informed of the styles in Ottoman and Iran Miniature throughout history,
2   be informed of the modern miniature art and artists, and know the current techniques and materials,
3   know the traditional and modern materials and techniques and use them in original designs,
4   choose a story belonging to Ottoman period and make out a composition in miniature style, using that story,
5   make out an original composition by using original materials.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

TEZ 3004 - Miniature Painting II

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Making researches on a literal work belonging to Ottoman period or a folk tale, and illustrating it in the miniature style
2 Making researches on historical and modern miniatures related to the selected story
3 Fixing the factors to be used in the composition and making researches on their symbolical meanings, if they have
4 Sketch works for the original composition
5 Sketch works
6 Sketch works
7 Fixing the paper and colour for composition application
8 Trying out different techniques and fixing them
9 Approving the composition, conveying it onto paper and application works
10 Application works
11 Application works
12 Application works
13 Application works
14 Çalışmaların tamamının aşamalarının kontrolü, onaylanması ve genel değerlendirme

Recomended or Required Reading


Sheila R. Canby; Persian Painting, The British Museum Press, London 1993.
Oleg Grabar; Masterpieces of Islamic Art, Prestel Books, USA 2009.
Oleg Grabar; Mostly Miniatures, An Introduction to Persian Painting, Princeton Uni. Press, New York 2001.
Sheila R. Canby; Golden Age of Perisan Art, The British Museum Press, London 2003.
Serpil Bağcı-Filiz Çağman-Günsel Renda-Zeren Tanındı; Osmanlı Resim Sanatı, Kültür Bak. Yay., Istanbul 2006.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, the students are supposed to be informed of the frequently used composition types by learning the styles used in Ottoman and Iran miniature art. After introducing the related sources published before, the instructor will guide the students to get the visual materials related to Iran miniatures, especially the ones in the Safavid Dynasty period. The traditional and modern materials, such as paper, paint and the others will be introduced so that the students could use them in their original applications, and that they could apply a story belonging to Ottoman period originally. The instructor will try to have the students make out a composition and discuss the designs. During the designing stage, the discussions on the sketches and compositions will be realized in the first and last lessons every week by the instructor.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.70 + ASG * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

This course involves 2 theoretical course credits; and 2 practical course credits. The students can learn the application techniques by following the lesson as those techniques are introduced one to one. The students effort and skill at applying the techniques will be observed and evaluated as well as the visual resource and sketches they are going to prepare. After the studies in the term, the students will illustrate a story belonging to Ottoman period in miniature style; this presentation will make up the main evaluation.

Assessment Criteria

The project, assignment presentation and attendance will be evaluated out of 100.
80 % attendance is compulsory.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

After the theoretical information is given both orally and written, the practical studies are done one to one with the students. The attendance is compulsory for the lesson in which a new technique will be introduced. The students will be informed about the following lesson and are supposed to make preliminary research on the subject.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

filiz.adiguzel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Not avaliable.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials (Project, Laboratory work, and etc.) 14 2 28
Before and after the lecture (reading texts, articles, etc.) 14 1 14
Preparations for tutorials (project, lab work, etc.) 14 2 28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.45
LO.55