Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI365

Course Name:

Contemporary Art Commentary

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

E-Learning

Course Coordinator:

Dr. ÖZLEM UZUN HAZNECİ

Course Lecturer(s):

Özlem Uzun Hazneci

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	This course aims to provide students with knowledge in an inquisitive field about how a visual work of art should be read and according to what criteria it should be evaluated and interpreted.
Course Content:	With a chronological approach, from the last century to the present The content of the course is to cover the changes in the field of visual arts, technological, sociological and cultural aspects of the process - especially within the scope of Western art - supported by documentary or biographical films that best express the period.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students gain theoretical knowledge about the field of visual arts.
2) Students gain knowledge about looking at, verbally describing and interpreting a work of art.
3) Students have the opportunity to look at and evaluate the field of visual arts, the artists who have produced in this field and their works from a historical, cultural and technological perspective.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction, information about course content, resources and evaluation method, mutual expectations and questions.	-
2)	What is/is not art in the 21st century? A look at today's global and local art scene.	-
3)	Looking at part to read present: The mission of art and the artist in the period from the Renaissance to the 20th century.	-
4)	First wave: invention of the camera. The mission of art is changing: Impressionism, Realism, Expressionism on the way from the "painting of reality" to the "painting of emotions".	-
5)	Understanding the spirit of the century - Freud and the east of Psychoanalysis: The coming to the fore of the individual, the development of personal perspective/style in art.	-
6)	Einstein and the Theory of Relativity – The disintegration of the atom and the values specific to modernism – wars – The Age of Manifestos – Dada – Cubism	-
7)	“Art for art's sake!” Case analysis in the process from abstract art to suprematism: Malevich.	-
8)	Art from the urinal: Duchamp's prediction. Art and randomness: POLLOCK.	-
9)	Transition from the uniqueness/singularity of art to the logic of mass production and reproduction: Reflections of POP art and consumer culture.	-
10)	The rise of rational reason in art: Conceptual Art. Participation of television and video camera in life: Video art.	-
11)	The ideology of the gallery space, alternative tendencies: Earth art and Installation	-
12)	The Rise of Experience and interdisciplinary relations in art, performance art and Marina Abramovich	-
13)	Entry into the 21st Century art market, auctions, fairs, commercial concerns: "BANKS as a failed coup attempt"	-
14)	Things are changing: the society of the spectacle, the Internet, digital art, the entry of NFTs into our lives, machine learning, artificial intelligence, copyrights and concerns about artistic ethics.	-
15)	Visiting a biennial/fair/gallery in the 21st century is like “I saw contemporary art”. The latest look at the current mission, psychology, global art environment and social expectations of art/artist.	-

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

ÇAĞDAŞ SANAT NASIL OKUNUR – Michael WILSON
SANATTA ANLAMIN GÖRÜNTÜSÜ – Richard Leppert
20.YÜZYIL BATI SANATINDA AKIMLAR – Ahu ANTMEN
SANATSAL GERÇEKLİKLER OLGULAR VE ÖTESİ – Hasan Bülent KAHRAMAN
BU BİR PİPO DEĞİLDİR – Michel FOUCAULT
KÜLTÜR ENDÜSTRİSİ KÜLTÜR YÖNETİMİ – Theodor W. ADORNO
SANATÇININ GERÇEKLİĞİ – SANAT FELSEFESİ – Mark ROTHKO
SANAT KOMPLOSU YENİ SANAT DÜZENİ – Jean BAUDRILLARD
ÇAĞDAŞ SANATI ANLAMAK - Grant POOKE – Graham WHITHAM

References:

HOW TO READ CONTEMPORARY ART – Michael WILSON
SANATTA ANLAMIN GÖRÜNTÜSÜ – Richard Leppert
20.YÜZYIL BATI SANATINDA AKIMLAR – Ahu ANTMEN
SANATSAL GERÇEKLİKLER OLGULAR VE ÖTESİ – Hasan Bülent KAHRAMAN
THIS IS NOT A PIPE – Michel FOUCAULT
THE CULTURE INDUSTRY – Theodor W. ADORNO
REALITY OF ART – Mark ROTHKO
THE CONSPIRACY OF ART– Jean BAUDRILLARD
UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ART - Grant POOKE – Graham WHITHAM

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3
Program Outcomes
1) Continuously following up-to-date publications and developments related to the profession of Interior Architecture and shaping the design process in line with the theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of architecture and art.
2) Acquiring universal knowledge in the fields within the discipline of interior architecture.
3) To have the right professional communication skills in professional life by using all the inputs and conditions related to Interior Architecture profession and to have mastered the methods of interior architecture representation and professional terminology.
4) Focusing on the various functions within the whole interior design design and handling the pieces of space as a whole.
5) Evaluating the concept of space design through different disciplines.
6) To be able to make contemporary designs suitable for the person by relating the relationship between human-space-scale concepts with the needs of the people.
7) Ability to use all presentation and expression techniques with the necessary knowledge of fine arts in order to express the design process correctly.
8) To be able to manage the process that goes from design to application by showing the details related to the application after the interior architecture has matured in the design stage.
9) Project and construction site management and applications, employee health, environmental and occupational safety awareness, professional standards and business law.
10) To be able to choose the right materials and application methods with sufficient and up-to-date information about building materials and their applications.
11) To be able to understand problems related to construction, design, application and engineering.
12) To be able to make original interior design by combining aesthetic, technical and functional conditions, and to continuously develop the professional knowledge and skills.
13) According to a foreign language education level, in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria; at least B1; use at general level.
14) Use computer software and information and communication technologies at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Continuously following up-to-date publications and developments related to the profession of Interior Architecture and shaping the design process in line with the theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of architecture and art.
2)	Acquiring universal knowledge in the fields within the discipline of interior architecture.
3)	To have the right professional communication skills in professional life by using all the inputs and conditions related to Interior Architecture profession and to have mastered the methods of interior architecture representation and professional terminology.
4)	Focusing on the various functions within the whole interior design design and handling the pieces of space as a whole.
5)	Evaluating the concept of space design through different disciplines.
6)	To be able to make contemporary designs suitable for the person by relating the relationship between human-space-scale concepts with the needs of the people.
7)	Ability to use all presentation and expression techniques with the necessary knowledge of fine arts in order to express the design process correctly.
8)	To be able to manage the process that goes from design to application by showing the details related to the application after the interior architecture has matured in the design stage.
9)	Project and construction site management and applications, employee health, environmental and occupational safety awareness, professional standards and business law.
10)	To be able to choose the right materials and application methods with sufficient and up-to-date information about building materials and their applications.
11)	To be able to understand problems related to construction, design, application and engineering.
12)	To be able to make original interior design by combining aesthetic, technical and functional conditions, and to continuously develop the professional knowledge and skills.
13)	According to a foreign language education level, in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria; at least B1; use at general level.
14)	Use computer software and information and communication technologies at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	16	0	2		32
Study Hours Out of Class	16	0	1		16
Midterms	1	15	1		16
Final	1	31	1		32
Total Workload					96