COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 1013 ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BARIŞ GÜR

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

In this course from prehistoric period to the First Millennium in Anatolia, it will provide basic information about the development of art in civilization. Ceramics, plastic and architectural works will be discussed comparatively.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examining the artistic language of the cultures of Anatolian geography.
2   Early periods of the history of Anatolia from primitive language to artistic language The meaning and development of the arts of painting and sculpture that began in the Paleothic Period, new art products related to the developing concepts in the Neolithic period, works of art by Chalcolithic people who distinguish more and more indivual tastes and images, metalworking in the Broze Age, the art of Hatti, the oldest nation in Anatolia whose name is known.
3   Studying sample works of art, from the earliest period to the transformation from magic-talisman to imitation and mimesis.
4   Works of art are analyed in a chronological order by taking into accounts the criteria such conservation in museums and ehhibition techniques.
5   The role of basic instincts towards artistic production and representation of culture are highlighted while understanding a work of art.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Paleolitic Art in Türkiye
3 Neolithic Art:Göbeklitepe
4 Neolithic Art:Çatalhöyük
5 Neolithic Aegean
6 Chalcolithic Age
7 Midterm
8 Chalcolithic Age
9 Early Bronze Age
10 Early Bronze Age
11 Age of Assyrian Trade Colonies in Anatolia
12 Hatti and the Hittites in Anatolia
13 Hattuşa and Hitit Empire
14 Hittite pottery and small Objects
15 Wsstern Anatolia and the Aegean World in the Late Bronze Age
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

-Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, Eric H.Cline, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012
-U. Bahadır Alkım, Yesemek Taşoca ı ve Heykel atelyesinde yapılan kazı ve araştırmalar, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara 1974.
-U. Bahadır Alkım, Henri Metzger, Anatolia: From the beginnings to the end of the 2nd millennium B.C, Barrie & Rockliff the Cresset P., 1969.
-Ekrem Akurgal, Die Kunst Anatoliens von Homer bis Alexander, W. de Gruyter, Berlin 1961.
-Ekrem Akurgal, Die Kunst der Hethiter, Max Hirmer, Mùnchen 1961, 1976; The Art of the Hittites, Thames und Hudson, London 1962; Arte degli Ittiti, Sansoni Firenze 1962.
-Ekrem Akurgal Orient und Okzident, Holle Baden Baden 1966, 1981; The Birth of Greek Art, Methuen, London 1968; Orient et Occident, Albin Michel, Paris 1969; The Art of Greece, Its Origins, Crown, New York 1968; Orient a Occidente, II Saggiatore, Milano 1969.
-Ekrem Akurgal, Urartaische und Altiranische Kunstzentren, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 1968

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Power Point Presentation
2. Lecture
3. Question and answer
4. If required field trips and museum visits will be organised

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

baris.gur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday and Thursday 12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155555
LO.245
LO.344444
LO.4
LO.54

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