COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGION AND ART

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5023 RELIGION AND ART ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ŞENAY ÖZGÜR YILDIZ

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

In this course, it is subjected Islamic perspective on art, architecture and depiction, and it will be tried to answer the question of how Islam sees human besides all these perspectives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They will conceive the historical environment and evaluate them in a bigger perspective
2   They will understand the Islamic attitudes towards art
3   They will clarify the area related issues and make projects for their solutions with alternatives
4   They will explain all the factors that play a role in building the art, like religion
5   They will have the ability to run independently an expert study in Turkish and Islamic Art

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Religion, Art and Aesthetic
2 The subjects of arts, its importance, its meaning and expressing powers
3 Beauty and the interpretion of beauty.
4 The factors that have an effect on art.
5 Art religion/Islam relation
6 Islamic perspective on art and aesthetic
7 General attitudes of Islam against art
8 Mid-term Exam
9 The establishing and developing process of Islamic art
10 Religious artistic mosques in Islam
11 Geographical and historical reasons of the diversity in Islamic Architecture
12 The importance of ornamentation as a tool in Islamic art
13 General overview about yesterday s and today s of Islamic art
14 Discussion related to tpics.

Recomended or Required Reading

Grabar, O., Islam Sanatının Oluşumu, YKY Istanbul, 1998.
- Hillenbrand R., Islam Sanatı ve Mimarlığı, Homer Kitabevi Istanbul 2005.
- Ayvazoğlu, B., Islâm Estetiği ve Insan, Istanbul, 1989.,,
-Çam, N., Islâmda Sanat Sanatta Islâm, Ankara, 1997.
-Hegel, W.G., Estetik, Payel Yay., Istanbul, 1994
and additonal articles that related to subject.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, questioning, discussion, and assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students will have critical point of view via improving their analytical research techniques and practices.

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated according to their mid-term exam, final exam and the assignment with their performance in class throughout the semester

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

senay.ozgur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 19 19
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15554
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4345
LO.554

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