COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
History of Art and Design 1
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
FFD 121
Fall
2
0
2
2
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives Introduce students to the production of images and objects throughout history and to develop a visual sensibility about artistic and cultural production.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Student will be able to explain the concept of composition in art and design.
  • Student will be able to explain the concept of color, light, texture in art and design.
  • Student will be able to explain the concepts of space and time in art and design.
  • Student will be able to explain the concept of representation in art and design.
  • Student will be able to explain the concept of text in art and design.
  • Student will be able to analyze and discuss a work of art or design using the above concepts, regardless of time period, style or whether or not students have seen it before.
Course Description Introduce students to the production of images and objects throughout history and to develop a visual sensibility about artistic and cultural production. Visual analysis of objects of art, design and architecture.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction
2 Composition Reading: “Proportion,”from Art Fundamentals, pp. 56-60.
3 Color Reading: “Simultaneous Contrast,” Art Fundamentals, pp. 156-161.
4 Light Reading: “Chiascuro & Tenebrism,” Art Fundamentals, pp. 116-119.
5 Film
6 Review
7 MidTerm 1 Everything concerning Composition, Color and Light
8 Texture Reading: “Texture, Pattern, Composition,” Art Fundamentals, pp. 136-139.
9 Space Reading: “Line, Shape, Value, Texture, Color, Space,”Art Fundamentals, pp. 202-207.
10 Time Reading: “Motion Pictures, Video, the Computer and Art,”Art Fundamentals, pp. 213215.
11 MidTerm 2 Texture, Space, Time
12 Representation Reading: Ernst Gombrich, “Pygmalion’s Power,” Art and Illusion,pp. 8083.
13 Text Reading: Janet Marquardt and Stephen Eskilson, “AfricanAmerican Art History,” Frames of Reference, pp. 329-332.
14 Review
15 Course Review
16 Semester Review
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice. Otto G. Ocvirk, Robert E. Stinton, Philip R. Wigg, Robert O. Bone and David L. Cayton. McGraw Hill: New York, 2006.Ernst Gombrich, Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation. Phaidon Press: London, 2002 (6th edition).Janet Marquardt and Stephen Eskilson, Frames of Reference: Art, History and the World. McGraw Hill: New York, 2005 (16th edition).

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
25
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
50
Final Exam
1
25
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
75
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
25
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
0
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
8
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
8
Final Exams
1
10
    Total
66

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to apply the fundamental principles of design in creating visual narratives and messages, using physical and digital media,

X
2

To attain complex problem-solving skills, using various design methods,

3

To have a clear understanding of creative/art direction,

4

To be able to use the advanced theoretical and applied knowledge attained in the areas of Visual Communication Design,

X
5

To act with social and ethical awareness and to take responsibility, both individually and collectively, for developing aesthetic and effective design solutions,

X
6

To be able to investigate, interpret and evaluate the developments on Visual Communication Design in the world and in Turkey,

X
7

To have an advanced level of knowledge and experience in producing/editing still and moving images,

8

To attain proficiency in using related software, media, and communication technologies,

9

To gain reflexive and critical thinking abilities,

X
10

To undertake self-directed and continuous education in the discipline, to develop a lifelong learning attitude,

X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Visual Communication Design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1),

X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently,

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest