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| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | UNI365 | ||||
| Course Name: | Contemporary Art Commentary | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. ÖZLEM UZUN HAZNECİ | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Özlem Uzun Hazneci | ||||
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| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. | - |
| 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 |
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| 1) She/he gains knowledge of and develops values on technical, aesthetic, cultural, historical, social and ethical dimensions of architecture with a scientific and critical approach. | |||||||||||||||
| 2) She/he integrates architectural practice with environmental, economic and social sustainability principles. | |||||||||||||||
| 3) She/he has the knowledge and ability to provide and implement interactions between urban planning, urban design and architectural projects. | |||||||||||||||
| 4) Gains the ability to identify architectural potentials and problems based on data collection, analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, in order to cultivate concepts and determine strategies for action. | |||||||||||||||
| 5) She/he is able to interrelate theory, design and construction practices. | |||||||||||||||
| 6) She/he will be able to produce architectural design, presentation, implementation, management and supervision stages both independently and collectively for different contexts and scales and through a responsive approach to social, functional, technical and aesthetic requirements. | |||||||||||||||
| 7) In addition to traditional methods, she/he interactively uses the emerging information technologies required by the field. | |||||||||||||||
| 8) To analyze and document the historical and conservation characteristics of the built environment; taking into account of the balance between protection and use, she/he has the ability and necessary knowledge in renovation and restoration issues. | |||||||||||||||
| 9) She / he gains the ability to cooperate with different disciplines on the conception and design of the built environment, as an individual and/or as a team member. | |||||||||||||||
| 10) Has knowledge on and comprehension of professional ethics and codes of conduct, legal and managerial regulations, standards, rights and responsibilities and processes in the field of architecture. | |||||||||||||||
| 11) Can produce design, know-how and knowledge for the improvement of different and changing social needs, and for the enhancement of life quality. | |||||||||||||||
| 12) She/he has the knowledge and responsibility to design solidly built structures and takes into account of the risks of natural disaster. | |||||||||||||||
| 13) She/he monitors new developments in architectural theory and practice and is open to lifelong learning. | |||||||||||||||
| 14) She/he takes responsibility for the improvement of social consciousness in the field of architecture, and for the endorsement and defense of ecological and urban rights. | |||||||||||||||
| 15) Has architectural communication skills in a foreign language. | |||||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | She/he gains knowledge of and develops values on technical, aesthetic, cultural, historical, social and ethical dimensions of architecture with a scientific and critical approach. | |
| 2) | She/he integrates architectural practice with environmental, economic and social sustainability principles. | |
| 3) | She/he has the knowledge and ability to provide and implement interactions between urban planning, urban design and architectural projects. | |
| 4) | Gains the ability to identify architectural potentials and problems based on data collection, analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, in order to cultivate concepts and determine strategies for action. | |
| 5) | She/he is able to interrelate theory, design and construction practices. | |
| 6) | She/he will be able to produce architectural design, presentation, implementation, management and supervision stages both independently and collectively for different contexts and scales and through a responsive approach to social, functional, technical and aesthetic requirements. | |
| 7) | In addition to traditional methods, she/he interactively uses the emerging information technologies required by the field. | |
| 8) | To analyze and document the historical and conservation characteristics of the built environment; taking into account of the balance between protection and use, she/he has the ability and necessary knowledge in renovation and restoration issues. | |
| 9) | She / he gains the ability to cooperate with different disciplines on the conception and design of the built environment, as an individual and/or as a team member. | |
| 10) | Has knowledge on and comprehension of professional ethics and codes of conduct, legal and managerial regulations, standards, rights and responsibilities and processes in the field of architecture. | |
| 11) | Can produce design, know-how and knowledge for the improvement of different and changing social needs, and for the enhancement of life quality. | |
| 12) | She/he has the knowledge and responsibility to design solidly built structures and takes into account of the risks of natural disaster. | |
| 13) | She/he monitors new developments in architectural theory and practice and is open to lifelong learning. | |
| 14) | She/he takes responsibility for the improvement of social consciousness in the field of architecture, and for the endorsement and defense of ecological and urban rights. | |
| 15) | Has architectural communication skills in a foreign language. |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||||||