The aim of this course is to focus on the term "art criticism" and to develop the capacities of the students to speak knowledgeably about art works and to have vision of art critic.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Lecturer Selman Akıl
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
This class will open in Spring semester.
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
Intertextual analysis, semiotics, and comparative analysis.
Principle Sources
Walter Benjamin, “Tekniğin Olanaklarıyla Yeniden Üretilebildiği Çağda Sanat Yapıtı”, Pasajlar, YKY.
Ernst Fisher, Sanatın Gerekliliği, Payel Yayınevi, İstanbul.
Ahu Antmen, 20.yy Batı Sanatında Akımlar, Sel Yayınları, 2016.
Ali Artun, Sanat Manifestoları - Avangard Sanat ve Direniş, İletişim Yayınları, 2010.
Hal Foster, Zoraki Güzellik, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2011.
Other Sources
Articles
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
A look at the term "art text"
Lecture
2. Week
What constitutes art text language?
Lecture
3. Week
Disucssion on intertextual analysis methods.
Lecture
4. Week
Discussion on "aesthetics" and "aesthetic criticism" while making a criticism on a work of art.
Lecture
5. Week
A look at semiotics as an analysis method: textual analysis of a visual art work.
Lecture
6. Week
Midterm Exam
Exam
7. Week
A look at important examples of art criticism from acclaimed art magazines and analysis of a work of art from an associative perspective.
Lecture
8. Week
Art in terms of art criticism and the concept of aesthetics: a semantic analysis of a work of art.
Lecture
9. Week
Conceptual analysis of a work of art.
Lecture
10. Week
Cultural analysis of a work of art.
Lecture
11. Week
Ideological analysis of a work of art.
Lecture
12. Week
An overview of all the methods of analysis studied during the course of the semester.
Lecture
13. Week
Project Presentations
Presentation
14. Week
Project Presentations
Presentation
15. Week
Project Presentations
Presentation
16. Week
Project Presentations
Presentation
17. Week
Final Exam
Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
20
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Students will be able to define all sorts of concepts predominantly related with communication, arts and culture alongside other differint disciplines.
PO-2
Students will be able to interprete technological developments and other related artistic and cultural perceptions.
PO-3
Students will be able to understand contemporary/actual practises.
PO-4
Students will be able to analyse the organic relationships between art, communication
and society.
PO-5
Students will be able to experience the process neccesarry, producing creative designs.
PO-6
Students will be able to study independently of their own accord in a creative
environment
PO-7
Students will be able to use technical equipments properly, and be also accomplish their projects within the given period.
PO-8
Students will be able to transform their creative ideas into multidisciplinary applications.
PO-9
Students will be able to produce original works in different areas ranging from graphic arts, photography, cinema, performing arts to plastic arts.
PO-10
Students will be able to have experiences on film directory, script writing, photography directory and editing.
PO-11
Students will be able to gain proficiency on computer based design, character design for both two and three dimensional animation movie. They also will be able to have experience on stage design.
PO-12
Students will be able to have experiences on various disciplines of performing arts, such as acting, mimic, modern dance, singing, dramatic improvisation.
PO-13
Students will be able to create original art works in painting, sculpture and ceramic disciplines.
PO-14
Students will be able to gain an ability in producing projects together with experienced academics invited.
PO-15
Students will be able to participate in competetive projects both at home and abroad such as exhibitions, workshops and seminars.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Student will learn how to acquire a creative artistic approach
LO-2
Students will learn the language that is used for art movements and criticism
LO-3
Students will make an association between writing about art and the artistic attitutude
LO-4
Students will be able to analyse a written example with their own knowledge
LO-5
Students will learn to language to convey attitudes about art
LO-6
Students will be able to express their concerns and thoughts about the aesthetics of art
