COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROMAN ART

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 2020 ROMAN ART COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BARIŞ GÜR

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

The course aims to teach the cultural history of the phases of Ancient Roman Period by focusing on material data. The arts of sculpture, architecture, pottery, painting and mosaics constitute the core of the course. Visual materials including objects of art and find will be presented.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ancient Roman art is taught through sculpture
2   The terminology of sculpture is taught
3   Marble works of art are presented to the students
4   The relationship between architecture and sculpture are taught
5   Students learn how to describe sculpture and marble objects from Ancient Roman period

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Roman Age
2 Founding and myths
3 Roman City and Architecture
4 Roman City and Architecture
5 Forums
6 Introduction to Roman sculpture
7 Mid-term
8 Roman portraits
9 Roman portraits
10 Roman monumental sculpture
11 Roman monumental sculpture
12 Roman Period Mosaics
13 Roman Period Frescoes
14 Roman Pottery and small objects
15 General Evaluation
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

-Olga Palagia (ed.), Ancient Greek and Roman Art and Architecture: Volume 1 Handbook of Greek Sculpture, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2019.
-Mark Fullerton, Roman Art & Archaeology: 753 BCE to 337 CE, Thames & Hudson, London-New York, 2018.
- Troels Myrup Kristensen, Lea Stirling (eds.), The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture: Late Antique Responses and Practices, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2016.
-Barbara E. Borg, A Companion to Roman Art, John Wiley/Blackwell, 2015.
-Ramazan Özgan, Roma Portre Sanatı 1, Ege Yayınları, Istanbul, 2013.
-Fred S. Kleiner, A History of Roman Art, Enhanced Edition, Wadsworth Publishing, 2010.
- D. S. Robertson, Greek and Roman Architecture, Cambridge University Press, 1969.
-B. Ridgway, Roman Copies of Greek Sculpture,1984.

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

Tuesday 13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.144444
LO.24
LO.34
LO.4
LO.5