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FACULTY OF FINE ARTS / GİT421 - VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN

Code: GİT421 Course Title: CONTEMPORARY ART Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SELÇUK ULUTAŞ (selcukulutas@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Contemporary art; in general, terms and concepts.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Students will be able to recognize that shape contemporary art and artists. PO-3 Students will be able to use terminology, problem solving skills, technical and method knowledge to evaluate art and design on a common basis.
PO-5 Students use the accumulation gained from different branches of art and design in an interdisciplinary approach.
PO-11 Students will have the ability to comprehend the visual language and differences of art and design and aesthetic sensitivity and to reflect on their designs.
Examination
Term Paper
LO-2 Students will be able to analyze the different current and understanding of the art of painting in the historical process. PO-12 Ability to utilize various artistic and industrial production techniques.
Examination
Presentation
LO-3 Students will be able to analyze pictorial values ​​in contemporary art. PO-19 Performs natural and artificial object studies related to vision and shaping.
Examination
Presentation
Term Paper
LO-4 Students will be able to know the art of our era Techno-art and features. PO-17 Analyzes organic and geometric forms on human body. Recognize and apply the concept of volume which gives the third dimension perception on two dimensional surface.
PO-18 Students use existing computer technologies in the area of ??interest.
PO-23 Students produce designs using all kinds of visual media, from freehand drawing to computer graphics.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The course of the 19th century art trends, examines the birth of modern thought and art, and Introduction to the art of 20th century. Contemporary, Post-Modern, Art Movements, Artists.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Explaining of Basic concepts and approaching contemporary art in general. Lecture, Question and Answer
2 Determining the dynamics and context of contemporary art to be addressed. Lecture, Question and Answer
3 What is the modernist art? Discussion. Lecture, Question and Answer, Presentation
4 Discussion of understanding form and the philosophy of the contemporary art . Lecture, Question and Answer, Presentation
5 Analysis and discussion of experimentation in contemporary art. Lecture, Question and Answer
6 The effects of Romanticism in contemporary art. Lecture, Question and Answer, Presentation
7 Implications of technological progress in contemporary art. Lecture, Question and Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 The main currents: Fauvism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Post-Impressionism. Lecture, Question and Answer, Presentation
10 Futurism and Vortisizm. Lecture, Question and Answer
11 Discussion of the avant-garde art movements. Lecture, Question and Answer
12 Art and politics in social movements. Lecture, Question and Answer, Presentation
13 Manifestations of contemporary art. Lecture, Question and Answer
14 Artist of modern times, the modern culture of conflict Lecture, Question and Answer
15 Discussion of modernity and modern aesthetics. Lecture, Question and Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Ayla Ersoy,. Sanat Kavramlarına Giriş, Bete Basım Yayım Dağıtım , İstanbul 1983,
2 H. Read,.Sanat ve Toplum, (Çev: Selçuk Mülayim), Umran Yayınları, Ankara 1981
3 Sezer Tansuğ, Sanatın Görsel Dili, Remzi Kitapevi, İstanbul 1988
4 Jameson, F. ,Lyoard, J.F. , Habermas, J. Postmodernizm, Derleyen: Necmi Zeka, İstanbul: Kıyı Yayınları,1994
5 Turani, Adnan. Çağdaş Sanat Felsefesi, İstanbul: Remzi Kitapevi 2003
6 Yetkin, Suut Kemal.Sanat Meseleleri, İstanbul: Nebioğlu Yayınevi.1945
7 Kınay, Cahit. “Sanat Tarihi Ders Notları” Ankara: Gazi Eğitim Enstitüsü Resim-İş Bölümü.1974
8 Erinç, S.M. Kültür Sanat Sanat Kültür, İstanbul: Çınar Yayınları,1995
Required Course instruments and materials
Lecturing, using the projection machine, the books are supported. Text Books. Lectures. Power Points.

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) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 14 14
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       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 1 8 8
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 8 8
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60