GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ART TEXTS ANALYSIS AND CRITICS/HEY 513
Course Title: ART TEXTS ANALYSIS AND CRITICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Lecturer Burçin ÜNAL
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/burcinunal
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  burcinunal@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Will be able to define the aesthetic variables on artwork
Will be able to analyze Modern Art Movements and Contemporary artworks
Will be able to synthesize discipline-specific materials and techniques with contemporary approaches
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Course description and objectives
2. Week  Person, Society and aesthetic on Hegel.
3. Week  Person, Society and aesthetic on Nietzche.
4. Week  Marx and Engels' texts on aesthetic.
5. Week  Adorno and privileged condition of aesthetic.
6. Week  Walter Benjamin:"Art in mechanic-reproduction age"
7. Week  20. century avant-garde movements and the critique
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  Heidegger's question: What is the origin of the artwork?
10. Week  Art during the Cold War / modernization theories
11. Week  Postmodernism ve Periphery.
12. Week  Gerardo Mosquera:“The Marco Polo Syndrome”
13. Week  Carole S.Vance:"The War on Culture"
14. Week  Z.Kocur:"Rethinking Aesthetics"
15. Week  Michael Brenson:"The Curator’s Moment"
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Z.Kocur&S.Leung,Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985, Lecturer's notes
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
30
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
50
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
4
4
16
 Preparing Presentation
4
4
16
 Presentation
4
1
4
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
2
8
16
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
174
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6.96
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Conversion of the information gathered learned during the undergraduateand into projects and more concrete dataX
2Discussion and aplication the dimensions of the artistic qualities at the undergraduate levelX
3Understanding Reflections of changes in art and art scene in TurkeyX
4Formatting in art historical roots of today understand the art of visual structuring relationshipsX
5Understanding of the plastic arts applications, examination of their role in the project and to prepare presentationsX
6Examine the dynamics of contemporary art, discussions and readings in this fieldX
7Examine the technical, formal and aesthetic features of Turkish art since the beginning of that made up a large repertoireX
8According to the logic of the conditions of different periods of work of art criticism in technical, aesthetic, socio-economic, political context, by putting forward, to create a critical perspectiveX
9Preparation and deposition for the area in accordance with the Dissertation Proposal To gain ability to create a thesis.X
10To gain the sculpture department students artistic creativity, art culture, knowledge of painting equipment and comprehend by what means the level at which lead to that effect.X