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GKS 013 - Art and Aesthetics

Faculty of Education · Turkish Language Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 General Knowledge Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Hatice VATANSEVER BAYRAKTAR

Course Objective

To give some knowledge to the students about aesthetic experience, aesthetic object and the art as the language or form of aesthetic experience. And to inform them about nature of artistic language and the relations between art and civilisation.

Course Content

Art, fine arts, craft and culture; art and education; art, creativity and art; art philosophy and aesthetics; theories of art and aesthetics; art criticism; art history, pre-modern, modern and art in post-modern periods; art and social context; art and everyday life; Turkish-Islamic art-aesthetics and works of art; the position of the art and craftsman in the process of social change; The development of the arts in Turkey; understanding of art today; construction of civilization and art; art, aesthetics
and morality.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Art, fine arts, craft and culture; have knowledge about art and education.
  2. Turkish-Islamic art-aesthetics and works of art; the position of the art and craftsman in the process of social change; The development of the arts in Turkey; understanding of art today; discuss the construction of civilization.
  3. Art philosophy and aesthetics; have knowledge about art and aesthetic theories.
  4. Reconstructs art in the context of creativity and art.
  5. Art criticism; art history, art and social context; comment on art and everyday life.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%40 (22) Humanities%60

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionBrain Storming

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16232
Out of Class Study Period16232
Midterm11010
Quiz000
Assignment11010
Practice000
Final11010

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Art, fine arts, craft and cultureReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
2Art and educationReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
3Art, creativity and work of artReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
4Philosophy of art and aestheticsReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
5Art and aesthetic theoriesReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
6Art criticismReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
7Art history, pre-modernity, modern and post-modern artReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
8MidtermMidterm
9Art and social contextReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
10Art and everyday lifeReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
11Turkish-Islamic art-aesthetics and works of artReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
12The position of art and craftsman in the process of social changeReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
13The development of the arts in Turkey; contemporary art conceptsReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
14Civilization and art; art, aesthetics and moralityReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
15General review and evaluationReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
16Final examFinal exam