Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK 477 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK 477 Course Title: BYZANTINE HISTORY AND ART Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ARCHAEOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer NİLÜFER PEKER (npeker@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) NİLÜFER PEKER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-9 Make inner and interdisciplinary team works happen
Examination
LO-2 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
Examination
LO-3 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-7 Establish analytical and critical communication with the other parts of the society in a professional way using oral and written means
PO-8 Use at least one foreign language to follow new information in their field and to communicate with their colleagues
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
Examination
LO-4 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Features of the art and architecture from the fourth century to the end of the Byzantine Empire.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method, brain storm
2 The Late Antiquity Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
3 Architecture of the late antiquity Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
4 Paintings and sculpture in the Late Antique period Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
5 Justinian and the sixth century Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
6 The Architectural Features of St. Sophia in Istanbul Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
7 Icon or Iconoclasm: The art of Iconoclasm (726-843) Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
8 mid-term exam
9 How we can read Byzantine paintings? Iconography, style, hierarchical order. Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
10 Byzantine Aristocracy: Art and architecture in the tenth century Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
11 Comnene Dynasty and Art Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
12 A new society in Asia Minor. War or peace: The interaction in art and culture. Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
13 A new society in Asia Minor. War or peace: The interaction in art and culture. Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
14 The art and architecture at the end of the empire. Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
15 Discussion Slide presentation, question and answer teaching method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Brown, P., Geç Antikçağ’da Roma ve Bizans Dünyası, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2000.
2 Cormack, R., “Sanat Bize Tarih Kitaplarıyla Aynı Öyküyü mü Anlatır?”, Bizantion’dan İstanbul’a Bir Başkentin 8000 Yılı, 114-123, Sabancı Üniversitesi, Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi, 2010.
3 Lowden, J., Early Christian & Byzantine Art, Phaidon Press, 2005.
4 Mango, C., Bizans Mimarisi, (çev. M. Kadiroğlu), Rekmay, 2008.
5 Ousterhout, R., “Bizans Konstantinopolisi’nden Kalan Mimari Miras”, Bizantion’dan İstanbul’a Bir Başkentin 8000 Yılı, 124-135, Sabancı Üniversitesi, Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi, 2010.
6 Rodley, L., Byzantine Art and Architecture: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
7 Talbot Rice, T., Bizans’ta Günlük Yaşam, Göçebe Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998.
Required Course instruments and materials
projector

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 15 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 15 30
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 15 60
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 4 12
mid-term exam 2 2 4
Own study for final exam 4 3 12
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 162