COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF PRINT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRB 3008 HISTORY OF PRINT COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Illustration and Printmaking

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CEREN BULUT YUMRUKAYA

Offered to

Graphic Arts
Illustration and Printmaking

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to make the student comprehend the evolution of prints, the story of them as a communication tool, the effect on contemporary perception, transformation as an artistic expression and comtemporary printmaking.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to comprehend the historical evolution of prints
2   To be able to define the role of prints in visual communication
3   To be able to interpret on prints as a communication tool in the history of men
4   To be able to discuss on contemporary prints in artistic and design fields
5   To be able to involve written and oral discussions on an academic level
6   To be able to present persoal ideas
7   To be able to produce theoretical work and written text in the frame of academic rules

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The transition from oral society to visual society, the effect of writing on human history
2 The transition from oral society to visual society, the effect of writing on human history
3 15th Century: The Invention of Printing Press
4 The effect of Printing Press and Prints on Knowledge
5 16th Century: New Rules of Visual Communication
6 17th Century: Book and picture
7 Midterm
8 18th Century: Artistic Printmaking
9 19th Century: Photography and Litography
10 Transition from visual society to photographic society
11 20th Century: Prints Become Mass Communication
12 20th Centiry: Movements and Wars
13 20th Centiry: Movements and Wars
14 Contemporary Printmaking
15 Contemporary Printmaking

Recomended or Required Reading

Prints and Visual Communication, William M. Ivins, Jr., MIT Press, 1989
Five Hundred Years of Printing, S. H. Steinberg, Penguin Books, 1979
The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Cambridge University Press, 1997
Prints of the 20th Century: A History, Riva Castleman, Thames and Hudson, 1988
Tarihin Görgü Tanıkları, Peter Burke, Kitap Yayınevi, 2003
Medyanın Toplumsal Tarihi, Asa Briggs, Peter Burke, Kırmızı Yayınları, 2012

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course is based on seminars and disscussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Following the course outline and contribute.
Preparing the assignment accordingly
Writing academic and original essay.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligated to attend the class %70 of the semester.
Every kind of theft and copy will be punished according to the related article of dicipline regulations of the Council of Higher Education and the University.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ceren BULUT YUMRUKAYA, Assoc. Prof.
ceren.bulut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 1 0,5 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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