COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH MINIATURE PAITNING ART AND UNIQUE DESIGNS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GES 5135 TURKISH MINIATURE PAITNING ART AND UNIQUE DESIGNS I ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Traditional Turkish Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR FILIZ ADIGÜZEL

Offered to

Traditional Turkish Arts

Course Objective


The aim of this course is to emphasize the historical development of the Turkish States in Anatolia after the acceptance of Islam in terms of Book Arts; to examine the main miniature styles and the interactions of different styles; to comment on these interactions; and to realize original miniature designs with the help of visual resources.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   After the education given with this course, the students are supposed to be informed of the image use in common ornament trends in Early Islam States and in architecture, or daily used stuff,
2   be informed of the history of Book Arts beginning with the paper using in Islam States, and learn the main styles in this field,
3   know the historical development of the Book Arts production in Seljuk Period; and know the forms and compositions of the writings with miniature in early periods,
4   examine the change in the sense of ornament and description because of Mongol invasion in Anatolia in comparison with the styles of other periods,
5   know the research and examination methods to examine the written works in collections in museums and libraries,
6   make an original miniature design using theoretical knowledge and visual resources they have gained during the education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing Early Period Islam Art
2 The architecture in Early Islam, and image and daily stuff usage
3 Paper using in Islam States and the first Book Art samples
4 The first ornamental and miniature written works
5 Ornamentation and iconography in Seljuks
6 Book Art and production conditions in Seljuk period
7 Mongol invasion in Anatolia and the changing sense of style
8 Mongol invasion in Anatolia and the changing sense of style
9 The student s presentation
10 The student s presentation
11 Identifying a subject and materials for an original miniature design
12 Application works
13 Completing the application and its presentation

Recomended or Required Reading


Serpil Bağcı-Filiz Çağman-Günsel Renda-Zeren Tanındı; Osmanlı Resim Sanatı, T.C Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, Istanbul, 2006.
Banu Mahir; Osmanlı Minyatür Sanatı, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2004.
Zeren Tanındı; Türk Minyatür Sanatı, Büyük Tasarımların Başlaması, Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Ankara, 1996.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.

Filiz Adıgüzel Toprak's lecture notes; photographs and slides from the Illustrated Manuscript's Catalogues of New York Metropolitan Museum, Londra British Museum and Victoria&Albert Museum.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, we emphasize the historical development of the written works with miniature and ornament in Early period of Islam, and introduce the main miniature styles. After being informed about the main resources on the subject, the students will be motivated to a library research to make a resource. They will also be asked to make a presentation to have a comment on the research methods and their knowledge.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 RPT REPORT
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RPR * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The research scanning and the presentation quality of the students will be an important criteria in evaluation. They will also be observed while answering the questions in the lessons and participating the discussions after the lessons. Their creativity and originality will also be taken into consideration.

Assessment Criteria

The mid-term exam, the final exam, presentation and projects will be evaluated out of 100, and the average will be out of 100.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

After the theoretical knowledge will be given both orally and written, the practices will be made one-to-one with the students. The students are informed about the next lesson s subject and are expected to make a pre-study about it.

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 13 2 26
Practices 13 2 26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures (working out on course materials, reading essays etc.) 13 2 26
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 6 6
Preparation for Final Exam 1 6 6
Preparation for Presentations 1 10 10
Studio preparations 13 4 52
Further readings 13 4 52
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.255
LO.33
LO.45
LO.55
LO.655

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