COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3732 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MINE TANAÇ ZEREN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

Discussing on meaning, nature and extent of Renaissance Architecture which is the source in creating contemporary Architecture with its thresholds.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Evaluation of social, economic, political, cultural, aspects affecting the Renaissance architecture
2   Evaluating by understanding the impact that shapes and sustains global and local architecture
3   Examination of building types of European Architecture
4   Gaining the ability of evaluating the periodical differences of Architectural styles
5   Examination of the structural features of the building types

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the course, Definition of Terminology
2 Evaluation of social, economic, political, cultural, aspects affecting the Renaissance architecture
3 Romanesque and Gothic in Tuscany
4 Brunelleschis Architecture- Chathedral of Florence- S. Lorenzo- Pazzi Shapel- Santa Maria Degli Angeli
5 Albertis Architecture Santa Maria Nouvella- S. Sebastiano- S. Andrea
6 Palace design in Florence
7 Mid-term exam
8 Palace design in Rome, Venice, and elsewhere
9 Michelangelos works
10 Bramantes Architecture- Santa Maria della Pace- Tempietto
11 Palladios Architecture
12 Student seminars on research topics. Leonardo Da Vinci, Bernini, Bromini,
13 Student seminars on research topics. Raphael, Gulio Romano
14 Submission of the research assignment/ Reading the influences of European Architecture on Ottoman Architecture

Recomended or Required Reading

Bazin, G.,(1992), Baroque and Rococo, Londra: Thames and Hudson.
Charles, M.R. William, W. Clark, (1992), Mediveal Architecture, Mediveal Learning, Masachusetts: Yale University Press.
Grodecki, L.,(1979), Gothic Architecture, Londra: Faber and Faber.
Norberg-Schulz, C.,(1980), Meaning in Western Architecture, New York: Rizzoli International Publications.
Blunt, Anthony, (ed.) Baroque and Rococo: Architecture and Decoration. London: Harper and Row Publishers, 1982.
Calabrese, Omar, Neo-Baroque: A Sign of the Times. Translated by Charles Lambert. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992.
Craswell, John, "From the Tulip to the Rose," Studies in Eighteenth Century Islamic History, edited by T. Naff and R. Owen (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1977) 328-355.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, research assignment, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Homework assignments /Presentation % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final exaM % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mine.tanac@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Student Presentations 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.155555
LO.25555
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.5555

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