SAN621 - BYZANTINE PAINTING I
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYZANTINE PAINTING I | SAN621 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Demonstration | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Associate Prof. Dr. Elif Keser Kayaalp | |||||
| Course objective | The objective of the course is to teach the development of the Byzantine painting between fifth and seventh centuries. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The observation of the Byzantine painting such as wall painting, manuscripts with miniatures, icons between fifth and seventh centuries The introduction of the monasteries and workshops The observation of the development of iconography and style | |||||
| References | L. Rodley, Byzantine Art and Architecture, Cambridge 1994 K. Weitzmann, Studies in Classical and Byzantine Manuscript Illumination, Chicago 1971. K. Weitzmann, Spaetantike und Frühchristliche Buchmalerei, München 1977. R. Cormack, Byzantine Art, Oxford 2018 L. Brubaker, Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm, Bristol 2012. M. Peppard, The World?s Oldest Church, New Haven 2016. A. Grabar, The Art of Byzantine Empire, New York, 1967. K. Weitzmann, Age of Spirituality, Princeton, 1979. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The types, production techniques and contents of the Early Byzantine painting |
| Week 2 | The patronage and production centres of the Early Byzantine painting |
| Week 3 | Examination of the researches and publications in the Early Byzantine painting |
| Week 4 | The analyses about the iconography and style of the Early Byzantine painting |
| Week 5 | Monumental painting, grave buildings |
| Week 6 | Monumental painting, baptisteries |
| Week 7 | Student presentations |
| Week 8 | Wall and floor mosaics in Istanbul |
| Week 9 | Examples from Syria, Palestine and Jordan |
| Week 10 | Examples from Rome and Ravenna |
| Week 11 | Illuminated manuscripts in Greek |
| Week 12 | Illuminated manuscripts in Syriac |
| Week 13 | Student presentations |
| Week 14 | Icons, Iconoclastic period |
| Week 15 | Preparation for final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 10 | 20 |
| Presentation | 2 | 25 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 26 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 10 | 6 | 60 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Total Workload | 41 | 38 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. The student develops current, advanced knowledge with distinctive research. | X | ||||
| 2. The student utilizes scientific sources efficiently. Communicates with a foreign language at the European Language Portfolio B2 General Level. | X | ||||
| 3. The student gets aware of the interactions between other disciplines related to Art History. | X | ||||
| 4. The student uses computer software, the advanced technology, various research methods, techniques in order to resolve problems. | X | ||||
| 5. The student analyses and interprets knowledge on the field with the help of the knowledge from the other disciplines; gets in touch with the experts of her/his own and different fields. | X | ||||
| 6. The student studies independently within the field, acts as a leader, organizes private, institutional and team works competently. | X | ||||
| 7. The student influences the people?s education within her/his responsibility by using her/his expertise in the field. | X | ||||
| 8. The student examines the studies regarding the conservation of the historical and cultural environment by considering scientific, cultural artistic, social, and ethical values. | X | ||||
| 9. The student examines the information and acquired skills within the field, develops them, and when needed takes action to change them. | X | ||||
| 10. The student conducts critical examinations towards new ideas within the field. | X | ||||
| 11. The student conveys the developments in art history supporting with quantitative and qualitative data. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest