INT2013 History of Art and ArchitectureBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOCIOLOGYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
INT2013 History of Art and Architecture Fall 2 0 2 4
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: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HANDE TULUM
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor MERVE DİLARA YILDIRIM
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HANDE TULUM
Recommended Optional Program Components: For each class meeting, necessary articles are shared with students. Additionally, students are expected to work on history portfolio pages. Students are also expected to follow their own documentation practice as they follow the lecture and see the visual material shown. So, students can enhance their learning in tandem with their visual understanding of the subject while they actively engage with the course material in class.
Course Objectives: This course aims students to understand buildings as cultural matters that represent social values and meanings through materials, techniques and ideas available from the Neolithic settlers in Catalhöyük, South Anatolia up to the Renaissance. With such a view, students would explore the relationships of sites, buildings, interiors and furniture to culture, society and design philosophy, and be able to differentiate among various building cultures and design approaches. In this course, students will be encouraged to use visual and historical analysis together with sketching skills. The main objective of the final project is to make each student use a sketchbook as a private tool to jot down a history of art and architecture as visually perceived, observed and conceptually understood by the way of comparing two historic sites chosen by the student with brief written analysis of space represented in sketches.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. To explore the relationships of sites, buildings, interiors and furniture to culture, society and design philosophy
II. To analyze various buildings and their interiors within their urban, social and cultural contexts
III. To differentiate among various building cultures, periods, design approaches in the history of architecture
IV. To examine the relations between the past and present, between the indigenous and the monumental, between the Western and the non-Western
V. To enhance skills in visual analysis, communication and comparative analysis of sites, buildings, interiors and furniture by the way of research, observation and skteching.
VI. To develop a personal view and a critical perception of space, history and culture.

Course Content

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE BEGINNINGS OF ARCHITECTURE: ÇATALHÖYÜK, STONEHEDGE
required reading: Michael Fazio, Marian Moffett and Lawrence Wodehouse, A World History of Architecture (London: Laurence King, 2008), pp. 9-14.
Discussion topic: Learning from History: Culture, Context and Representation
discussion reading: Ian Hodder, “Catalhöyük: Orta Anadolu’da 9000 Yıllık Konut ve Yerleşme,” in Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu’da Konut ve Yerleşme (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, 1996), pp. 43-48. Also available in English.
Leland M. Roth, “Mimarlık, Kaçınılamayan Sanat,” in Mimarlığın Öyküsü (Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2000), pp. 19-26.

3. ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE: EGYPT and MESOPOTAMIA
required reading: Fazio et al., A World History of Architecture, pp. 14-20.
Harwood, Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 4, pp. 51-63.
Discussion topic: Architecture as Symbol
discussion reading: Louis Kahn, “Monumentality,” in Louis Kahn: Essential Texts (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), pp. 21-31. The article is first published in 1944.

4. GREEK ARCHITECTURE
required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 5, pp. 64-79.
Ekrem Akurgal, “Batı Anadolu’da Konut, Yerleşme ve Kent Planlaması (MÖ 3000-30),” in Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu’da Konut ve Yerleşme (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, 1996), pp. 122-145. Also available in English.
Discussion topic: Architecture as Order
discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “Architecture III: Pure Creation of the Mind,” in Toward An Architecture, pp. 231-251. (in Turkish: “Mimarlık III: Ruhun Saf Yaratısı,” in Bir Mimarlığa Doğru, pp. 213-236.)

5. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 6, pp. 80-98.
Vitrivius, “Kitap VI,” in Mimarlık Üzerine On Kitap (Ankara: Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı, 1990), pp. 119-135. Also available in English.
Discussion topic: Architecture as Power
discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “Architecture I: The Lesson of Rome,” in Toward An Architecture, pp. 194-212. (in Turkish: “Mimarlık I: Roma’nın Verdiği Ders,” in Bir Mimarlığa Doğru, pp. 169-190.)

6. ASIAN ARCHITECTURE: JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA
required reading: Fazio et al., A World History of Architecture, Chapter 3, pp. 63-79. Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 2 and 3, pp. 16-49.
Discussion topic: Building as Communal Identity
discussion reading: Bruno Taut, “The Permanent,” in Houses and People of Japan (Tokyo: The Sanseido, 1958), pp. 275-307.

7. MIDTERM SUBMISSION & PRESENTATIONS

8. EARLY CHRISTIAN and BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE
required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 7 and 8, pp. 100-115.
Discussion topic: The Making of Cities – Rome, Ravenna, Constantinople
discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “Constantinople,” in Journey to the East (London: The MIT Press, 2007), pp. 83-99. (in Turkish: “Kostantiniye,” in Şark Seyahati, pp. 61-75.)

9. ARCHITECTURE IN THE AMERICAS: MEXICO, PERU
required reading: Fazio et al., A World History of Architecture, pp. 250-274.
Discussion topic: Tradition and the Vernacular in Architecture
discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “Plagiarism: Folk Culture,” in The Decorative Art of Today (London: The Architectural Press, 1987), pp. 25-37.

10. INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE: AUSTRALIA, AFRICA
required reading: Fazio et al., A World History of Architecture, pp. 274-283.
Discussion topic: Anonymity in Architecture
discussion reading: Bernard Rudofsky, “Introduction,” in Architecture without Architects (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1964), pp. 1-7.

11. ISLAMIC and EARLY OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE
required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 9, pp. 116-129.
Discussion topic: The Making of Cities – Bursa, Istanbul
discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “The Mosques,” in Journey to the East (London: The MIT Press, 2007), pp. 100-119.

12. ROMANESQUE and GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 10 and 11, pp. 130-161.
Discussion topic: Master Builder (mason) as Architect
discussion reading: Leland M. Roth, “Mimar Başrahiplikten Profesyonelliğe,” in Mimarlığın Öyküsü (Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2000), pp. 155-174.

13. THE RENAISSANCE OF THE EAST AND WEST
required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 12, pp. 163-185.
Spiro Kostof, “Istanbul and Venice,” in History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), pp. 453-483.
Discussion topic: The Rationale and the Ornament
discussion reading: Alpaslan Ataman, Bir Göz Yapıdan Külliyeye: Osmanlı Külliyelerinde Kamusal Mekan Mantığı (Istanbul: Mimarlar Tasarım Yayınları, 2000), pp. 45-71.
Doğan Kuban “Saray ve Yaşam Felsefesi,” Kaybolan Kent Hayalleri: Ahşap Saraylar (Istanbul: YEM, 2001), pp. 44-54.

"History Portfolio" submission and Discussion/Evaluation

14. REVIEW PRESENTATION

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) INTRODUCTION
2) THE BEGINNINGS OF ARCHITECTURE: ÇATALHÖYÜK, STONEHEDGE required reading: Michael Fazio, Marian Moffett and Lawrence Wodehouse, A World History of Architecture (London: Laurence King, 2008), pp. 9-14. Discussion topic: Learning from History: Culture, Context and Representation discussion reading: Ian Hodder, “Catalhöyük: Orta Anadolu’da 9000 Yıllık Konut ve Yerleşme,” in Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu’da Konut ve Yerleşme (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, 1996), pp. 43-48. Also available in English. Leland M. Roth, “Mimarlık, Kaçınılamayan Sanat,” in Mimarlığın Öyküsü (Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2000), pp. 19-26.
3) ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE: EGYPT and MESOPOTAMIA required reading: Fazio et al., A World History of Architecture, pp. 14-20. Harwood, Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 4, pp. 51-63. Discussion topic: Architecture as Symbol discussion reading: Louis Kahn, “Monumentality,” in Louis Kahn: Essential Texts (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), pp. 21-31. The article is first published in 1944.
4) GREEK ARCHITECTURE required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 5, pp. 64-79. Ekrem Akurgal, “Batı Anadolu’da Konut, Yerleşme ve Kent Planlaması (MÖ 3000-30),” in Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu’da Konut ve Yerleşme (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, 1996), pp. 122-145. Also available in English. Discussion topic: Architecture as Order discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “Architecture III: Pure Creation of the Mind,” in Toward An Architecture, pp. 231-251. (in Turkish: “Mimarlık III: Ruhun Saf Yaratısı,” in Bir Mimarlığa Doğru, pp. 213-236.)
5) ROMAN ARCHITECTURE required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 6, pp. 80-98. Vitrivius, “Kitap VI,” in Mimarlık Üzerine On Kitap (Ankara: Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı, 1990), pp. 119-135. Also available in English. Discussion topic: Architecture as Power discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “Architecture I: The Lesson of Rome,” in Toward An Architecture, pp. 194-212. (in Turkish: “Mimarlık I: Roma’nın Verdiği Ders,” in Bir Mimarlığa Doğru, pp. 169-190.)
6) ASIAN ARCHITECTURE: JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA required reading: Fazio et al., A World History of Architecture, Chapter 3, pp. 63-79. Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 2 and 3, pp. 16-49. Discussion topic: Building as Communal Identity discussion reading: Bruno Taut, “The Permanent,” in Houses and People of Japan (Tokyo: The Sanseido, 1958), pp. 275-307.
7) MIDTERM SUBMISSION & PRESENTATIONS
8) EARLY CHRISTIAN and BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 7 and 8, pp. 100-115. Discussion topic: The Making of Cities – Rome, Ravenna, Constantinople discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “Constantinople,” in Journey to the East (London: The MIT Press, 2007), pp. 83-99. (in Turkish: “Kostantiniye,” in Şark Seyahati, pp. 61-75.)
9) ARCHITECTURE IN THE AMERICAS: MEXICO, PERU required reading: Fazio et al., A World History of Architecture, pp. 250-274. Discussion topic: Tradition and the Vernacular in Architecture discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “Plagiarism: Folk Culture,” in The Decorative Art of Today (London: The Architectural Press, 1987), pp. 25-37.
10) INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE: AUSTRALIA, AFRICA required reading: Fazio et al., A World History of Architecture, pp. 274-283. Discussion topic: Anonymity in Architecture discussion reading: Bernard Rudofsky, “Introduction,” in Architecture without Architects (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1964), pp. 1-7.
11) ISLAMIC and EARLY OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 9, pp. 116-129. Discussion topic: The Making of Cities – Bursa, Istanbul discussion reading: Le Corbusier, “The Mosques,” in Journey to the East (London: The MIT Press, 2007), pp. 100-119.
12) ROMANESQUE and GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 10 and 11, pp. 130-161. Discussion topic: Master Builder (mason) as Architect discussion reading: Leland M. Roth, “Mimar Başrahiplikten Profesyonelliğe,” in Mimarlığın Öyküsü (Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2000), pp. 155-174.
13) THE RENAISSANCE OF THE EAST AND WEST required reading: Harwood et al., Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century, Chapter 12, pp. 163-185. Spiro Kostof, “Istanbul and Venice,” in History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), pp. 453-483. Discussion topic: The Rationale and the Ornament discussion reading: Alpaslan Ataman, Bir Göz Yapıdan Külliyeye: Osmanlı Külliyelerinde Kamusal Mekan Mantığı (Istanbul: Mimarlar Tasarım Yayınları, 2000), pp. 45-71. Doğan Kuban “Saray ve Yaşam Felsefesi,” Kaybolan Kent Hayalleri: Ahşap Saraylar (Istanbul: YEM, 2001), pp. 44-54.
14) REVIEW PRESENTATION

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Buie Harwood, Bridget May and Curt Sherman, Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002).
Le Corbusier, Bir Mimarlığa Doğru (Istanbul: Yapi Kredi Yayınları, 2003). In English: Toward An Architecture (Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2007).
Le Corbusier, Şark Seyahati: Istanbul 1911 (Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2009). In English: Journey to the East (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2007).
Leland M. Roth, Mimarlığın Öyküsü (Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2000).
References: Derste kullanılacak diğer kaynaklar ders içeriğinde haftalara göre zorunlu okuma ve tartışma metinleri olarak belirtilmiştir.

Course references other than the assigned textbooks are listed in the weekly course content under the required and discussion readings.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 20
Homework Assignments 1 % 15
Presentation 1 % 25
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 28
Study Hours Out of Class 13 24
Presentations / Seminar 2 4
Project 13 31
Homework Assignments 7 9
Midterms 1 2
Final 1 2
Total Workload 100

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 learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.