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ITS 512 - History of Turkish Islamic Arts

Graduate Education Institute · Islamic History and Arts · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Tez Danışmanı Fettah AYKAÇ

Course Objective

The participants began with the Masjid al-Nabawi structure, which was set forth in the Early Period of Islam as the starting point of the historical branch of Turkish and Islamic art, and the first architectural structures, which were produced by this building example, and started with the Umayyad Period between 661 and 750 and between 750 and 900 To provide general information about the religious, military and political structures of the Abbasids that were also revealed in the early period. Later, they will read and research through the plan drawings and visuals on the issues of Great Seljuks, Anatolian Seljuks, Principalities Period, Ottoman Period and Westernization Period Architectures in terms of the development of architecture, which is the most important branch of the field of early Turkish Islamic arts.

Course Content

In Term 1:

* Early Period Islamic Art (Including Kaaba Structure) Architectural Structures Revealed in the First 300 Years of Islam

* Great Seljuks,

* Architectural Structures of Muslim Turkish and Islamic States Established in Asia Outside Anatolia,

* Anatolian Seljuk Architecture,

* Principalities Period Architecture,

* Early Ottoman Architecture,

* Classical Ottoman Architecture

* Ottoman Westernization Period Architecture,

They will have detailed information about their subjects.

 

In the 2nd Period, among the subjects known as Applied Traditional Arts:

P 14 Information and visuals about Turkish Decorative Arts, Wood, Metal, Carpet Art areas

(P 5 Art of Depiction in Islam),

P 15 Painting in Islam

P  16 Arabic Caligraphy Application areas,

P 18 Illumination

P 19 Paper MarblingArt

P 20 Book Binding Art

P 21 Glass Art

P 22 Tombstones

 26 Turkish Religious Music

P 27 Technical Drawing-Drawing Calligraphy (Request Depends on Time and Conditions).

They will do reading, visual monitoring and homework about it.

Explanations

Students who read, research and follow these course topics through Main and Auxiliary resources will reach detailed information, visuals and resources about the subjects they want to study in detail or prepare a thesis.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Early Period Islamic Art (Including Kaaba Structure) Architectural Buildings Created in the First 300 Years of Islam,
  2. Architecture of Great Seljuks
  3. Architectural Structures of Muslim Turkish and Islamic States Established in Asia
  4. Architecture of Anatolian Seljukies
  5. Architecture of Principalities Period in Anatolia
  6. Early Period Ottoman Architecture
  7. Classical Period of Ottoman Architecture
  8. Westernization Period in Ottoman Architecture
  9. National Architecture period 1890-1903

Core Area Distribution

(21) Arts%60 (22) Humanities%40

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionPresentationGuided PracticeBrain StormingSelf studyProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkProject / DesignTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)14342
Out of Class Study Period148112
Midterm11010
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final12828

Course Schedule

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