The aim of the course is to teach the students the advent of photography and the historical developments in the field. The students will be able to differentiate between the interpretation of different photographers, their important works and the prominent theories on photography.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
Course Code Course Name…
Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Berger, John. O Ana Adanmış, Metis Yayınları. 2006.
Sontag Susan. Fotoğraf Üzerine, Altıkırkbeş Yayınları, 2009.
Barthes, Roland. Camera Lucida, Altıkırkbeş Yayınları, 2006.
Baudrillard, Jean. Simülakrlar ve Simülasyon, Doğu - Batı Yayınları, 2003.
Other Sources
Levend Kılıç, “Fotoğraf ve Sinemanın Toplumsal Tarihi”, 2008
Ahu Antmen, “20.yy Batı Sanatında Akımlar”, 2008
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
The development of civilization in the pre-photography era: technology social life and artistic production
Oral presentation
2. Week
the social and technological developments that prepared for the advent of photography
Oral presentation
3. Week
the advent of photography and the technical developments
Oral presentation
4. Week
the first photographers and the understand of the portrait
Oral presentation
5. Week
photography on trips and discoveries, the concept of orientalism/photographing movement
Oral presentation
6. Week
the place and the use of photography in 19th century Ottoman Empire, the Abdullah brothers
Oral presentation
7. Week
Midterm exam
Project
8. Week
The concept of reproduction and Walter Benjamin’s aura
Fieldwork
9. Week
social document photography and analysis of photographers
Fieldwork
10. Week
pictorialness in photography, abstraction and impressionist photography and the analysis of photographers
Fieldwork
11. Week
the dada wave and the concept of collage in photography and the analysis of photographers
Fieldwork
12. Week
Roland Barthes on Photography/analysis of the concept of punctum and studium
Fieldwork
13. Week
revolution in photography and realism, new realism and analysis of photographers
Fieldwork
14. Week
the development of press photography/ photo-reportage and war photography
Fieldwork
15. Week
John Berger and reading photographs
Fieldwork
16. Week
post-modernism and the art of photography / Baudrillard’s simulacra and simulation
Fieldwork
17. Week
conceptual photography analysis in modern art
Fieldwork
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
15
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
20
Attendance
1
15
Class work
1
20
Final Exam
1
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Communication, art and culture related concepts to be priorities, all kinds of definitions can berelated to different areas.
PO-2
Interpret technological developments and related artistic and cultural perceptions
PO-3
Will be able to understand contemporary / contemporary cinema and television practices.
PO-4
Will be able to analyze the organic relationship between art, communication and society.
PO-5
Will be able to produce works that will learn the creative process and bring creativity to the foreground
PO-6
It will be able to work creatively, flexibly and independently in a disciplined and self-created line.
PO-7
Will be able to use the tools and equipment necessary for their profession in the right place and at the right time and will be able to implement their projects within the determined time.
PO-8
Will be able to express his / her creative ideas using visual messages.
PO-9
They will be able to give original products in different interdisciplinary fields like animation, photography, cinema.
PO-10
He will have experience in film management, screenplay, cinematography and editing.
PO-11
Will be able to prepare visual effects for cinema and television using computer based applications.
PO-12
He will have experience in acting, mimicry, dramatic improvisation.
PO-13
Be open to innovations in the field of mass communication and adapt to innovations in the field.
PO-14
It will be able to produce projects with experienced experts in national and international areas.
PO-15
Competitions, exhibitions, festivals, seminars etc. in national and international areas. will participate in the events.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The ability to look at art history through photography and be able to recognize the technical and aesthetic variety in photography
LO-2
The ability to analyze aesthetically and technically the works of important photographers
LO-3
The development of their own personal works
LO-4
A look at art history through photography
LO-5
The formation of a perspective on photography through the knowledge of theories
