COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS: ADOPTING WESTERN MODES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 6059 OTTOMAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS: ADOPTING WESTERN MODES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Art and Design

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR FILIZ ADIGÜZEL TOPRAK

Offered to

Art and Design

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to search and discuss how the Western styles and techniques belonging to Western painting were adopted after the modernization and renaissance existed in Ottoman Empire in 18th and 19th centuries.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   After the education given with this course, the students are supposed to know the main periods and styles in Ottoman Miniature Art,
2   be informed about the art atmosphere in Ottoman court and the capital, Istanbul, in 18th and 19th centuries,
3   know the concepts and styles in Ottoman visual culture adopted from the West in the 19th century,
4   be informed about religious and secular architecture in Anatolia and in Ottoman court in the 19th century,
5   know the landscape pictures in which the perspective of religious and secular architecture in Ottoman in the 19th century and other Western painting techniques were used.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing the Westernisation and modernisation concepts in Ottoman Empire in terms of art
2 Interactions with the West in 18th century Ottoman Art : the art of Miniature and muralist Levni
3 Changing resources and subjects in Ottoman Miniature Art in the 18th and 19th centuries
4 Changing resources and subjects in Ottoman Miniature Art in the 18th and 19th centuries
5 Form and painting techniques in 18th and 19th Ottoman miniatures ( a single figure or book painting ) : Student presentation and Discussion
6 Form and painting techniques in 18th and 19th Ottoman miniatures ( a single figure or book painting ) : Student presentation and Discussion
7 Decoration program in religious and secular architecture, and landscape in 19th century Istanbul : Western effects
8 Decoration program in religious and secular architecture, and landscape in 19th century Istanbul : Western effects
9 Composition editing in landscapes of 19th century architecture and using Western painting techniques
10 Traditional miniature style landscapes of 19th century architecture and comparing Western style painting forms
11 Ottoman modernization: adaptation of Western forms in modernization process and mentality conflicts
12 Ottoman modernization: perspective in architecture landscapes
13 General assestment

Recomended or Required Reading

Cezar, M. (1995). Sanatta Batı ya Açılış ve Osman Hamdi, Ekav Vakfı Yayınları,
Istanbul..
Duben, I. (2007). Türk Resmi ve Eleştirisi, 1880-1950, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
Yayınları, Istanbul.
Renda, G. (1977). Batılılaşma Döneminde Türk Resim Sanatı, 1700-1850, Hacettepe
Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara.
Bağcı, S. (2004). Osmanlı Mimarisinde Boyalı Nakışlar , Osmanlı Uygarlığı 2, ed. Halil
Inalcık ve Günsel Renda, T. C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara.
Adıgüzel Toprak; F. (2013). "Kılcızade Mehmet Ağa Camii'nde Bulunan Bir Manzara
Resmindeki Ağaç Tasvirlerinin Batı Tarzı Resme Geçiş Bağlamında Değerlendirilmesi", SDÜ
Arte, Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Sanat Dergisi, Cilt 6, Sayı 11, 1-28 s.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, the period in which the Western forms were adopted as a result of the rationalisation in Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries will be examined in the wall painting samples. Besides, we will discuss the artists traditional painting comprehension belonging to miniature and how they dealt with the reality concept. The students will also discuss the efforts about mixing traditional with modern in their presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STA TERM WORK (ANNUAL)
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STA * 0.70 +ASG* 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Reports and/or presentations are taken at the end of the term and final exam is evaluated by 100 points.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

After the theoritical and oral information is presented, the written documents are given to the students.
Students are expected to read texts from related bibliography for the next lecture.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

filiz.adiguzel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theory 13 3 39
Preparation before/after weekly lectures (working out on course materials, reading essays etc.) 13 2 26
Preparation for Final Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Projects 1 40 40
Preparation for Presentations 1 40 40
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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