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GKS 018 - History of Turkish Art

Faculty of Education · Turkish Language Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 General Knowledge Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Kamil Arif KIRKIÇ

Course Objective

20th century The course focuses on the methods of thinking that direct Turkish painting, the parallels or differences between these methods. Each subject dealt with in the 20th century. also makes references to pre-thoughts.

Course Content

Development stages of contemporary Turkish plastic arts. The place of architecture, painting and sculpture in our cultural life. The place of graphic and ceramic art in contemporary Turkish art.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. 1) Has knowledge about art culture and artistic criticism
  2. 2) Has the ability to use and apply artistic materials.
  3. 3) Questions his / her studies, has aesthetic awareness
  4. 4) To develop the ability to think and design multi-dimensional thinking, to design and produce original works.
  5. 5) Professional self-confidence, communication skills to communicate to the community has the ability.
  6. 6) Has knowledge of research methods and techniques.
  7. 7) Has knowledge about interdisciplinary interaction.
  8. 8) Has critical thinking and interpretation based commenting skills.
  9. 9) Has knowledge about the history of art.
  10. 10) assimilates the concept of lifelong learning and production which is the necessity of art.
  11. 11) Has the ability to embody sensory perception.

Core Area Distribution

(21) Arts%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticePresentationGuided PracticeProject Based Learning (Including Field Work)

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)14228
Out of Class Study Period30130
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment11515
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1First relations with Western art. Transition from miniature to three-dimensional illustrationPreparation from related sources
2As an innovation movement. Bosphorus painters coming from Istanbul to Istanbul. Orientalism and Ottoman CulturePreparation from related sources
3Painting courses in military schools. Soldier painters, Ottoman primitives of contemporary art, Landscape in the picture and dead nature.Preparation from related sources
4The establishment of Sanayi-i Nefise and Osman Hamdi. Art education based on Western Technique, first artists from the Academy. Foreign instructors in Sanayi Nefise, sculpture education in Sanayi-i Nefise. First sculptors. Ottoman Society of Painters and NewspaperPreparation from related sources
5The first Turkish impressionists. Calli Belt and this generation brought to contemporary Turkish painting. Start of state exhibitionsPreparation from related sources
6Association of Independent Painters and SculptorsPreparation from related sources
7D group painters. Developments outside the group. Innovation and modernity in Turkish painting. Opposite opinions and conflicts.Preparation from related sources
8The New Group. This group's understanding of locality. Developments outside the Academy. Gazi painters in Ankara.Preparation from related sources
9MidtermMidterm
10Developments after 1960. Competitions and exhibitions. Fairs and biennials. Today's Turkish ArtPreparation from related sources
11Plastic Arts from 1960-80 in TurkeyPreparation from related sources
12Developments in Turkish Painting from 1980 to PresentPreparation from Related Resources
13(Continued) ... Developments in Turkish Painting from 1980 to Present.Preparation from Related Resources
14(Continued) ... Developments in Turkish Painting from 1980 to Present.Preparation from Related Resources
15An overviewNo
16Final examPreparation for the exam