COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT PORTRAIT SCULPTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 4050 ANCIENT PORTRAIT SCULPTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERDAR AYBEK

Offered to

Archeology
Archeology (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim is to evaluate the fashion, trend and periodical characteristics of portrait sculpture, its development and dating criteria between the 5th century BC and the end of the Roman Empire. In particular, to learn the repertoire of portrait types, emperors, close relatives of the emperor and portraits of rulers. To examine the dating criteria.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Events that influenced the emergence of ancient portraiture
2   2. Trends and movements followed by the art of portraiture
3   3. Portrait sculpture in public and civil space
4   4. Portraits of Roman Emperors
5   5. Regional portrait sculpture

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Week 1 Formation of portrait and first portraits
2 Week 2 Classical Period portraits
3 Week 3 Pericles and Philosopher portraits
4 Week 4 Portraits of Alexander the Great
5 Week 5 Diadokhs Period Portraits
6 Week 6 Portraits of women and men
7 Week 7 Late Hellenistic Period portraits
8 Week 8 Midterm Exam
9 Week 9 Origin of Roman Portrait Art, Hellenic and Etruscan Portraits.
10 Week 10 Republican Period Portraits, Augustus Portraits, Ara Pacis Augustae
11 Week 11 Julius Claudius and Flavius Dynasty Portrait Art
12 Week 12 Traianus and Hadrian Dynasty Portrait Art.
13 Week 13 Portrait Art of Antoninus Period
14 Week 14 Portrait Art of Severian Dynasty Period
15 Week 15 Portrait Art of Late Roman Period

Recomended or Required Reading

Breckenridge, J. D., Likeness: A Conceptual History of Ancient Portraiture, Evanston : Northwestern University Press, 1968. - Breckenridge, J.D., Roman imperial portraiture from Augustus to Gallienus, Aus: Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, 2, 12, 2, Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1972. - Kleiner, D.E.E., Roman Sculpture, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. - Özgan, R., Roma Portre Sanatı I, Istanbul : Ege Yayınları, 2013 - Özgan, R., Roma Portre Sanatı II, Istanbul : Ege Yayınları, 2013. - Özgan, R., Roma Portre Sanatı III, Istanbul : Ege Yayınları, 2015. - Toynbee, J. M. C., Roman Historical Portraits, London : Thames and Hudson, 1978. - A.Linfert, Kunstzentern Hellenistischer Zeit, Studien An Weiblichen Gewandfıguren, 1. Aufl, Wiesbaden, 1976. - B. S. Ridgway, Hellenistic Sculpture II, The Styles of ca. 200 100 B.C. Wisconsin, 1990. - R. R. R. Smith, Hellenistik Heykel, Istanbul, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Formal Education
Presentation
Discussion

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

ÖÇ 1-3: It will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm exam.
ÖÇ 1-6: It will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.
Participation in midterm and final activities will be taken into account in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serdar.aybek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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