BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| HISTORY, THEORY, AND CRITICISM IN DESIGN (ENGLISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| HTC6302 | The Visual Culture of The Ottomans | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖKSUN AKYÜREK ALTÜRK |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to answer how did a frontier state with relatively humble beginnings in the fourteenth century turn into a world power in the early modern era? In seeking answers, it examines artistic, architectural and urban design examples sponsored by the Ottoman Empire. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1.Evaluate critically innovation and continuation of regional artistic traditions in comparison to a wider Islamic context. 2.Identify key themes in the chronological development of the visual culture of the Ottoman Empire. 3.Recognize political, social and historical contexts for artistic production in the Ottoman Empire. 4.Recognize key examples and products of Ottoman artistic realm within defined period. |
Course Content
| This course aims to visualize and discuss the artistic, architectural and cultural processes of formation of Ottoman visual culture from the early beginnings to its early modern era. Thus, the formation and transformation of visual idioms, patterns of artistic patronage, artistic and architectural culture considering the urban context, modes of visual representation, cross-cultural interactions will be analyzed and discussed. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | Discussions of early Islamic art in general | |
| 3) | Ottoman visual culture contextualized: its concepts. | |
| 4) | The urban transformation of Byzantine Constantinople into Ottoman Istanbul; its influences in arts and architecture | |
| 5) | The Late Antique Heritage of Ottoman Visual Culture and their interactions. | |
| 6) | Architectural and artistic contacts with contemporary European states and interactions. | |
| 7) | Contacts and interactions between Safavid Iran and rest of the Islamic world; comparison of artistic traditions. | |
| 8) | Student presentations | |
| 9) | Modes of production: the role of centralized court ateliers in propagating canons of taste | |
| 10) | Landscape and gardening as source of visual culture | |
| 11) | Modes and media of visual representation in arts | |
| 12) | Imperial iconography in arts and architecture | |
| 13) | Interactions of arts in architectural production. | |
| 14) | Architectural and spatial imagery in early modern arts | |
| 15) | Course review | |
| 16) | Final student presentations |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Will be given weekly |
| References: | 1.Necipoglu, Gülru. The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture,(Santa Monica, CA, 1995), 2.Byzantion to Istanbul: 8000 years of a capital, ed. Koray Durak. Istanbul: Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi, 2010. MacDougall, E.B. and R. Ettinghausen, eds., The Islamic Garden (Washington, D.C., 1976). |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
| Seminar | 1 | % 20 |
| Paper Submission | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 16 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 1 | 0 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 12 |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 12 |
| Paper Submission | 1 | 14 |
| Total Workload | 80 | |
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | to be able to pursue independent academic research work in his/her field of study/specialization. | 5 |
| 2) | to be able to conduct interdisciplinary researches based on specific methods in his/her own formulation | 4 |
| 3) | to be able to disseminate research results by means of scientific meetings and through referred papers in international publications. | 5 |
| 4) | to be able to follow up the state of the art information processing technologies related with her/his field of specialization. | 3 |
| 5) | to be able to act as refree/problem solver in the case of national/international problems of his/her field of specialization. | 3 |