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

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: UNI005
Course Name: Introduction to Contemporary Art
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction:
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
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. Öğr. Üy. RANA ÖZTÜRK
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üy. RANA ÖZTÜRK
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: This course is designed with the aim to provide students with an overview of contemporary art practices through a study of major artistic and critical approaches since the second half of the 20th century. The course will start with an examination of modernism and continue with a discussion of minimalist and conceptualist tendencies and other critical movements that led to the emergence of what we now call contemporary art. Through a study of art works, critical texts and visits to exhibitions the course intends to introduce the shifting course of thinking from modernism towards global contemporary art. Rather than a chronological and exhaustive survey, the course will investigate key moments and theories that formed the critical and contextual framework that continue to inform contemporary art practice and theory.
Course Content: What is art? What is Contemporary Art?
Understanding Modern Art
Abstract Expressionism & American Modernism
Transformation of Everyday Objects
Art Object, Space, Spectator: Minimalism to Installation Art
Conceptual Art: Dematerialization of the Art Object
Feminist Approaches in Art Practices
The Ends of Art: Warhol, Pop Art and Consumer Culture
The Art World and Its Others
Body and Performance Art
Participatory Art: Relational Art and Social Concerns in Art Practice
Art and Globalisation

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will learn about artistic practices since the l950s until the present.
2) Students will learn about critical thinking and contextual frameworks that influenced contemporary art practices.
3) Students will grasp the shifting notion of modernism with an awareness of key moments that led to the emergence of global contemporary art.
4) Students will gain skills to view, discuss and appreciate contemporary art.
5) Students will gain an awareness of main actors and institutional structures of the art sector.
6) Students will be able to view art as a diverse creative practice that relates to other disciplines and areas of practice.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) What is art? What is Contemporary Art? Weekly readings and videos to watch on each week's topic.
2) Understanding Modern Art Weekly readings and videos to watch on each week's topic.
3) Abstract Expressionism & American Modernism
4) Transformation of Everyday Objects
5) Art Object, Space, Spectator: Minimalism to Installation Art
6) Conceptual Art: Dematerialization of the Art Object
7) Feminist Approaches in Art Practices
8) The Ends of Art: Warhol, Pop Art and Consumer Culture
9) The Art World and Its Others: Art and Identity
10) Body and Performance Art
11) Participatory Art: Relational Art and Social Concerns in Art Practice
12) Art and Globalisation
13) Review

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Whitham, Graham & Pooke, Grant (2018) Sanatı Anlamak, İstanbul: Hayalperest Yayınevi

Whitham, Graham & Pooke, Grant (2018) Çağdaş Sanatı Anlamak, İstanbul: Hayalperest Yayınevi

Hopkins, David (2018) Modern Sanattan Sonra: 1945-2017, İstanbul: Hayalperest Yayınevi

References: Antmen, Ahu (2013) 20. Yüzyıl Batı Sanatında Akımlar, İstanbul: Sel Yayıncılık.

Honour, Hugh & Fleming, John (2015) Dünya Sanat Tarihi, İstanbul: Alfa Yayıncılık.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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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
Homework Assignments 1 % 25
Presentation 1 % 20
Midterms 1 % 25
Final 1 % 30
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 30
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 13 39
Study Hours Out of Class 13 65
Presentations / Seminar 11 12
Homework Assignments 4 8
Midterms 1 3
Final 1 3
Total Workload 130