COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGION, ART AND AESTHETIC

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 3117 RELIGION, ART AND AESTHETIC ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞENAY ÖZGÜR YILDIZ

Offered to

Theology
Theology

Course Objective

To answer how Islam approaches painting, arts and architecture by taking religious arguments into the centre as well evaluating how Islam sees humankind; to make clear understanding Islamic aesthetics and arts by giving examples from early Islamic arts

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to interpret the notions "religion", "aesthetics", and "art".
2   Will gain ability of explaining the factors having role in the formation of arts.
3   Will have knowledge on the works of early Islamic arts and architecture.
4   Will have knowledge about the architecture, decoration and other decorative arts .
5   Will have knowledge about the views of important thinkers in the philosophy of art and aesthetics .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions of Religion, Art, and Aesthetics
2 Subject of Arts, and its Importance, Meaning and the Power of Expression
3 Beauty and its Interpretation
4 Factors Affecting Arts
5 Views of important thinkers in the philosophy of art and aesthetics
6 Arts-Religion/Islam
7 Topic will continue
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Islam's approach to arts and aesthetics
10 Nature and Characteristics of Islamic arts
11 Formation and Development of Islamic arts
12 Islamic arts in the Periods of the Prophet and The Rashidun Caliphate
13 Islamic arts in the Periods of Umayyads and Umayyads of al-Andalus
14 Islamic arts in the Periods of Abbasids and Tulunids
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Arseven, C. E., Türk Sanatı, Istanbul, 1970.
2. Aslanapa, O., Türk Sanatı, 1. Cilt, Istanbul 1972.
3. Ayvazoğlu, B., Islâm Estetiği ve Insan, Istanbul, 1989.
4. Can, Y., R. Gün, Islam Sanatına Giriş, Istanbul, 2009.
5. Çam, N., Islâmda Sanat Sanatta Islâm, Ankara, 1997.
6. Hegel, W.G., Estetik, Payel Yay., Istanbul, 1994.
7. Ipşiroğlu, M.Ş., Islâmda Resim Yasağı ve Sonuçları, Istanbul, 1973.
8. Yetkin, S. K., Islam Sanatı Tarihi, Ankara, 1954.
9. Yetkin, S. K., Islam Mimarisi, Ankara, 1965.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the students are evaluated with midterm and final exam .

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

senay.ozgur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1353
LO.2442
LO.3454
LO.4455
LO.5353

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