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PERFORMING ARTS
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
VCD3144 Art and Concept Spring
Fall
3 0 3 5
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 İPEK TORUN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Students who take this course will have a comprehension on the conceptual backgrounds of art pieces appeared in Modern and Postmodern Era through the analysis of the contemporary art works by means of philosophical arguments asserted in 20th Century.
Experiments and new perceptions in art will be studied related to the philosophical assertations in Postmodern Era.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Students will recognize the role and importance of concept in modern art.
II.Students will be informed on art related discussions in ontology and epistemology.
a.Ideas on School of Frankfurt
b.Modern Art Paradigm
c.Avangardism
d.Structuralism
e.Psychoanalysis
III.Students will be familiar with modern movements in art.
IV.Students will explore the well known samples of modern art through discussing the concepts and ideas of the artwork .

Course Content

Examining relations between contemporary art and contemporary philosophy, it is amimed to identify the context of concept in field of art.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) School of Frankfurt, Theories of Theodor Adorno
2) School of Frankfurt, Theories of Walter Benjamin
3) School of Frankfurt, Theories of Ernst Bloch, Georg Lukacs and Horkheimer
4) School of Frankfurt, overall review of school of Frankfurt through discussion
5) Midterm Exam
6) Modern Paradigm and Art: Theories of Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, Sprituality, Sublimation, Mistisism, Kitsch and Art
7) Modern Paradigm and Art: Sprituality, Sublimation, Mistisism, Kitsch and Art
8) Avangardism ve Neo-avagardism: Avangardism Theory of Peter Bürger
9) Avangardism and Neo-avagardism: Montage, New
10) Structualism/Post-Structualism and Art: Levi Strauss, Roland Barthes/Death of Author
11) Structualism/Post-Structualism and Art: Levi Strauss, Roland Barthes/Death of Author
12) Freud and Lacan’s Physco-analise: Subconscious, Automatism, Surrealistic reflections of Freudien ve Lacanian theories, Art and Subconscious,
13) Freud and Lacan’s Physco-analise:Lacan and Mirror Periodi, Lacan and Schoneprenia, Freud/Theory of Expression, Psysco-analise and Art, Art Brut
14) Foucault: The Power of Politics and the Panopticon

Sources

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 20
Homework Assignments 5 % 40
Midterms 1 % 15
Final 1 % 25
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 75
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 25
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 13 39
Study Hours Out of Class 14 36
Homework Assignments 6 40
Final 1 4
Total Workload 119

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) They acquire theoretical, historical and aesthetic knowledge specific to their field by using methods and techniques related to performing arts (acting, dance, music, etc.). 2
2) They have knowledge about art culture and aesthetics and they provide the unity of theory and practice in their field. 2
3) They are aware of national and international values in performing arts. 2
4) Abstract and concrete concepts of performing arts; can transform it into creative thinking, innovative and original works. 1
5) They have the sensitivity to run a business successfully in their field. 3
6) Develops the ability to perceive, think, design and implement multidimensional from local to universal. 3
7) They have knowledge about the disciplines that the performing arts field is related to and can evaluate the interaction of the sub-disciplines within their field. 2
8) They develop the ability to perceive, design, and apply multidimensionality by having knowledge about artistic criticism methods. 3
9) They can share original works related to their field with the society and evaluate their results and question their own work by using critical methods. 1
10) They follow English language resources related to their field and can communicate with foreign colleagues in their field. 1
11) By becoming aware of national and international values in the field of performing arts, they can transform abstract and concrete concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original works. 3
12) They can produce original works within the framework of an interdisciplinary understanding of art. 2
13) Within the framework of the Performing Arts Program and the units within it, they become individuals who are equipped to take part in the universal platform in their field. 3
14) Within the Performing Arts Program, according to the field of study; have competent technical knowledge in the field of acting and musical theater. 2
15) They use information and communication technologies together with computer software that is at least at the Advanced Level of the European Computer Use License as required by the field. 3