COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISLAMIC ART

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 3029 ISLAMIC ART COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

This class deals with the Islamic art within its wider historical and geographical context. Damascus and Jerusalem in the Umayyad period, Cairo of the Fatimids, Seljuksi Memluks, Safavids and Ottomans will be dealt with with as focus on their arts ranging from architecture to textile, manuscripts, minor arts and the specific stylistic properties and iconographic preferences in Islamic art will be determined.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend the terminology of Islamic Art
2   To transfer the fund of knowledge into museum studies and practices
3   To comprehend the regional differences in Islamic Art
4   To conceive the architectural variations of the period
5   To compare the works of art of the period between the contemporary ones

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction_ Historical, Cultural and Geographical Context
2 Umayyad Art (minor arts)
3 Damascus Great Mosque, Mosque of Cordoba
4 Abbasid Art and Architecture
5 Seljukid art and architecture
6 Seljukid art and architecture
7 Mid-term exam
8 Seljukid art and architecture
9 Student Presentations_Anatolian Beyliqs
10 Student Presentations_Anatolian Beyliqs
11 Ayyubid and Mamluk Art
12 Safavid Art
13 Classical and Late Ottoman Art
14 Classical and Late Ottoman Art
15 Classical and Late Ottoman Art - Student Presentation
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Grabar, Oleg, (1988) Islam Sanatının Oluşumu, Istanbul
Kuban, Doğan (2002). Selçuklu Çağında Anadolu Sanatı, Istanbul.
Peker A.U. ve Bilici K. (2006) (ed.). Anadolu Selçukluları ve Beylikler Dönemi Uygarlığı, Mimarlık ve Sanat II, TC Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara.
Inalcık, H.-G.Renda(2003).Osmanlı Uygarlığı,I-II, Ankara.
Aslanapa, Oktay (1986). Osmanlı Devri Mimarisi, Istanbul.
Naef, Silvia (2018). Islamda "Tasvir Sorunu Var mı ", Istanbul.
Bauer, Thomas (2021). Neden Islam'ın Orta Çağı Yoktu , Istanbul.
Insoll, Timıthy(2007). Islam Arkeolojisi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Presentation
2. Question and answer
3.Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + RST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the question asked in the mid-term and final exams and the presentation and the homework that the student will prepare.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

betul.teoman@deu.edu.tr
02323018738

Office Hours

Outside of class days and hours, in office C254. It can be discussed during consultancy hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.13444444
LO.255
LO.344
LO.43333333
LO.5455