COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKıSH PAPER ART AKKASE TECHNIQUE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSS 3001 TURKıSH PAPER ART AKKASE TECHNIQUE ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ÖZKAN BIRIM

Offered to

Art of Calligraphy
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach the history and the application techniques of Turkish Ebru Art; the paints, equipment used in Turkish Ebru Art and the kinds of ebru. Another branch of our traditional arts is Ebru Art. Among the application technicians of marbling art, the writings and applications written with akkkase technique, where calligraphy is also widely used, form the content of this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   be informed of the basic information about the history and artists of Turkish Ebru Art,
2   know the traditional paints and equipment used in Turkish Ebru Art,
3   describe the kids of ebru used in Turkish Ebru Art,
4   know the common techniques in Turkish Ebru Art,
5   apply suitably and present effectively the kinds of ebru in Turkish Ebru Art.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The history of Ebru Art The balance, the colour and the harmony in Ebru Art
2 The importance of the materials used in Ebru and material preparations Tragacanth and other thickener materials
3 Preparations for the paints used in the traditional Ebru Art
4 Going on the applications by giving examples on the balance factors of the paints in Turkish Ebru Art
5 The kinds and the application techniques used in Turkish Ebru Art
6 The eminent artists and their styles in Classical Ebru Art Sample Ebru applications
7 Battal Ebru applications, one of the classical ebru The usage of hot-cold colours
8 Gel-git Ebru applications, one of the classical Ebru The usage of hot-cold colours
9 Şal Ebru applications, one of the classical Ebru The usage of hot-cold colours
10 Hafif Ebru ( Ground Ebru ) applications, one of the classical Ebru The usage of hot-cold colours
11 Taraklı Ebru applications, one of the classical Ebru The usage of hot-cold colours
12 Akkase Ebru applications, one of the classical Ebru The usage of hot-cold colours
13 Hatip Ebru applications, one of the classical Ebru The usage of hot-cold colours
14 Today s eminent artists and their styles in Classical Ebru Art Sample Ebru applications

Recomended or Required Reading

Uğur DERMAN; Türk Sanatında EBRÛ, Ak Yayınları Türk Süsleme Sanatları Serisi:5, Nisan 1977.
Uğur Göktaş; Ebru Terimleri Sözlüğü, Anadolu Sanat yayınları, 1987 istanbul.
Fuat Başer-Yavuz Tiryaki; Türk Ebru Sanatı, Gözen yayınları, 2000 Istanbul.
Alparslan Babaoğlu; Ebru Istanbul, Istanbul Büyükşehir Yayınları, 2007 Istanbul.
Beşir Ayvazoğlu; Türk ebrusunda Düzgünman Ekolü, Istanbul Kültür Başkenti Yayınları, 2010 Istanbul.
Turan M. Türkmenoğlu; Sudaki Ebru, Milenyum Yayınları, Aralık 1999, Istanbul.
Muin Nursen Eriş;Mustafa Esat Düzgünman ve Ebru,Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür A.Ş. yayınları, Şubat 2007, Istan.
Hikmet Barutçuğil; Suyun Ruyası, Erbistan Yayınevi, 2005 Istanbul.
Hikmet Barutçugil; Türklerin Ebru Sanatı, T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Yayınları, Sanat Eserleri Dizisi 458, 2007 Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, the terminology, the historical development, the kinds of ebru and especially the connections between disciplines related to the book arts will be taught based on samples. The introduction and preparation of the traditional paints and equipments used in Turkish Ebru Art will be instructed. The kinds of Ebru will be defined on the first samples and applied on paper step by step.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ATT ATTENDANCE
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

This course involves 2 theoretical course credits and 2 application credits. In the term, the students are given both a mid-term exam and a final exam on the purpose of having them comprehend the content of the course in the lesson. Through the mid-term exam, we will evaluate how much the students have comprehended the knowledge in the course books and notes and to what extent they have achieved the reading skills. By the 15 % of the mid-term and 20 % of the final exam the students will be evaluated in terms of knowledge and skill.
The students are expected to prepare an assignment and a presentation on the lesson systematic they have learnt. The result will be evaluated out of 15 %.
As it is a practice based and a disciplined based course, the attendance is very important. For this reason, the attendance will be evaluated out of 20 %.
In the first term, the project evaluation will be as file and project evaluation.

Assessment Criteria

The exams will be evaluated out of 100 and depending on the number of the questions, which will be announced before the exams. The total grade will be identified and evaluated by the answers.
The content of the assignment and presentation criteria will be evaluated out of 100. In the evaluation of the project the student s correct, orderly and diligent study will be evaluated out of 100.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The lesson starts with the theoretical introduction of the related subject and visual letter anatomies. The students coming to class late will be accepted into the class but are considered to attend half class period. All attendance will be scored as mentioned above. At the end of each course, the next lesson s subject is given to the students as study and research subject. Each lesson starts after discussing the study and research subject before teaching it.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozkan.birim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Not avaliable

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Design Project 14 2 28
Preparation for tutorial exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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