COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE OF HELLENISTIC ART

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5050 TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE OF HELLENISTIC ART ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYGÜN EKIN MERIÇ

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

In this lecture the terracotta figures made in ancient times are examined. The fashion types as the God and Goddess, heroes, the figures in daily life as house wife, old people, children and their toys are find out. Also the famous workshop center like Tanagra, Myrina are examined.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the style of terracotta objects
2   God and Gogges figurines and their features
3   Heroes figurines and their features
4   Women figurines and their features
5   Man figurines and their features
6   children and their toys
7   Tanagra figurines and their features
8   Ephesos figurines and their features
9   Sardes Figurines and their features
10   production types of figurines
11   Animal Figurines
12   The religions meanings of the figurines
13   The technical details of the figurines
14   General Assessment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Development stages in production technologies of Terracotta Figures
2 Important Figurine Types of the Hellenistic Period
3 Figurine Production Techniques
4 Tanagra Figurines
5 Myrina Figurines
6 Corinthian Figurines
7 Pergamon Figurines
8 Midterm Exam
9 Smyrna Figurines
10 Ephesos Figurines
11 Metropolis Figurines
12 Patara Figurines
13 Parion Figurines
14 Nikaia Figurines
15 Cyprus Figurines
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- S. Besques, Catalogue Raisonné des Figurines et reliefs et terre cuite Grecs. Étrusques et Romaines III. Époques Hellénistique et Romains: Grèce et Asie Mineure, Musée National du Louvre.
- E.Töpperwein, Terrakotten von Pergamon, Pergamenischer Forschungen 3, Berlin, 1976.
- G. Merker, The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore. Terracotta Figurines of the Classical Hellenistic, and Roman Periods (American School of Classical Studies), Corinth 18, part IV. Princeton 2000.
- D. Kassab, Statuettes en terre cuite de Myrina. Corpus des signatures, Monogrammes, Letters et Signes, Bibliothèque Archéologigue de l Institut Français d Ètudes Anatolienne d Istanbul 29, 1988.
- D. B. Thompson, The Origin of Tanagras , American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 70, 1966.
- , G. Merker, The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore. Terracotta Figurines of the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods (American School of Classical Studies), Corinth 18, part IV. Princeton 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and Student seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To attendant the lessons

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Proff. Dr. Aygün Ekin Meriç
Faculty of Literature
Department of Archaelogy
Campus of Tınaztepe-Buca-Izmir
Phone +90 3018724
e-mail: aygun.ekin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 11:00 - 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 28 28
Preparing presentations 1 28 28
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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