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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / SNT308 - ART HISTORY

Code: SNT308 Course Title: BYZANTINE ART AND ARCHITECTURE II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ART HISTORY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer CAN ERPEK (canerpek@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Introduction to the Byzantine culture from 12th to 15th cent. through the works of art in the religious and civil architecture, monumental painting, icon painting, manuscripts and minor arts. To create common awareness and consciousness in Turkey about the cultural heritage of this period. Introduction to Post-Byzantine art.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can define the historical geography and make sense of the main concepts of the Byzantine art from 12th to 15th cent. PO-2 Acquiring ability on data collection, analyzing, interpreting, discussing and proposing about the issues of the History of Art.
PO-4 Acquiring objective and consistent interpreting skill via comparing art and architecture products in different geographies.
PO-8 Realizing the meaning and importance of the History of Art in national or international aspects; being capable of evaluation and interpretation of art and architecture products that has survived.
Examination
LO-2 Can identify and interpret the works of architecture and visual art in the late Byzantine period. PO-5 Having ability on semtinizing and evaluating the effects of materials, manufacturing technique, designing, political, social, economical, and ideological factors on production and progress of art and arhictecture products.
PO-9 Achieving the consciousness of acquising new knowledge and skills lifelong.
PO-15 Having characterize the artworks making connections between the original essences and cultural environment and the life and mentality of the past
Examination
LO-3 Gains insides about the identity of the Byzantine art from the 12th to the 15th cent. within its historical context and about the interractions with the peripheral cultures and and apprehends its position in the Anatolian culture. PO-2 Acquiring ability on data collection, analyzing, interpreting, discussing and proposing about the issues of the History of Art.
PO-8 Realizing the meaning and importance of the History of Art in national or international aspects; being capable of evaluation and interpretation of art and architecture products that has survived.
PO-14 To be able to comprehend within a totality the historical environment in its broadest sense.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Art and architecture in the Byzantine Empire before the 4th Crusade (11th-12th cent.). Latin Kingdom in Constantinopolis and Nicaean Empire (1204-1261). Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453). Influences of the Byzantine art after the fall of the Byzantine Empire, Ortodox peripheral cultures and Anatolia.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Presentation of the course syllabus and introduction. Art and architecture in the Byzantine Empire before the 4th Crusade. Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
2 Presentation of the course syllabus and introduction. Art and architecture in the Byzantine Empire before the 4th Crusade (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
3 Latin Empire in Constantinople and Nicaean Empire (1204-1261). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
4 Latin Empire in Constantinople and Nicaean Empire (1204-1261) (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
5 Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
6 Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453) (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
7 Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453) (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453) (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
10 Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453) (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
11 Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453) (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
12 Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453) (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
13 Art and culture in the Late Byzantine Empire (1261-1453) (continuation). Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
14 Influences of the Byzantine Art after the fall of the Byzantine Empire, Orthodox peripheral cultures and Anatolia. Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
15 Exam preparation. Discussion Lecturing Question and answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Koch G., (2007), (çev. Aydın A.) Erken Hıristiyan Sanatını.
2 Mango C., (2008) Bizans Yeni Roma İmparatorluğu; (çev. Çağalı Güven G.).
3 Ostrogorsky G.(1999) (Çev. Işıltan F.) Bizans Devleti Tarihi, Türk tarih Kurumu.
4 Haldon J., (2007) Bizans Tarih Atlası. (Çev. Özdamar A.)
5 Talbot-Rice, T. (çev.B.Altınok) (1988) Bizans'ta Günlük Yaşam.
6 Müller-Wiener,W. (Çev. Ü.Sayın) (2001), İstanbul'un Tarihsel Topografyası
7 Milburn R.,(1988) Early Christian Art and Architecture
8 Ousterhout R., (2016) Bizans'ın Yapı Ustaları, İstanbul
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection.

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 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 5 25
       b) Search in internet/Library 5 5 25
       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 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 8 4 32
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 144