COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
History of Textiles and Costume
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GEAR 201
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
6
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Service Course
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Q&A
Critical feedback
Field trip / Observation
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to give foundational knowledge about the historical development of textiles and clothing.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to analyze the origins and development of early textile materials and techniques.
  • will be able to compare clothing types and fabrics in various ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia and Anatolia.
  • will be ble to classify changing costumes, fabrics, and silhouettes across different periods, regions, and cultures.
  • will be able to describe the evolution of clothing from the Paleolithic period through the early 20th century.
  • will be able to explain the Ottoman textiles and clothing styles.
  • will be able to interpret historical artifacts that depict clothing on figures.
Course Description This course provides an in-depth exploration of the development and significance of textiles and clothing from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Students will examine the evolution of materials, techniques, and styles across different cultures and historical periods, gaining an understanding of how textiles and clothing reflect and influence social changes.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
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 to course Brief information about fashion, clothing, and culture
2 Pre-Weaving Production Techniques Early Weaving and Textile Artifacts James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 7-14). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.1-50).
3 Classification of Ancient Clothing Styles First woven fabrics and oldest known garments Neriman Görgünay Geleneksel Türk Giyim Tarihi, 2008. Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 20-26).
4 Clothing in Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Ancient Egyptians Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites Auguste Racinet The Costume History, 2009, (pp. 22-33). Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 33-52). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.54- 58). The New York Public Library The History of the Feminine Costume of the World. Digital Collections
5 Minoan, Ionian, Etruscan and Roman Clothing James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp.18-35). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.59- 65).
6 Clothing in Turks: Scythians, Huns, Gokturks, Uyghurs, and Seljuks QUIZ 1 James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 15). Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 67-72). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.80- 85, pp. 91-95). Jennifer Scarce Women’s Costume of the Near and Middle East, 2003. Neriman Görgünay History of Traditional Turkish Clothing, 2008. Nilay Ertürk Türklerde Giyim Kuşam, 2018.
7 Early European Clothing Byzantine and Medieval Periods James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 44-50), (pp.50-73). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.75- 79). Madeleine Ginsburg The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991.
8 Ottoman Textiles and Clothing Orientalism and Turquerie Movement Elvan Özkavruk Adanır and Berna İleri, Orientalism Revisited: Orientalism as Fashion, In Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond (I-II) , 2021, (pp.214-230). Halil İnalcık Studies in the History of Textiles in Turkey, 2011, (pp. 13-42). Hülya Tezcan Atlaslar Atlası, 1993.
9 Midterm Week
10 Ottoman Textiles and Clothing QUIZ 2 Elvan Özkavruk Adanır and Berna İleri, Orientalism Revisited: Orientalism as Fashion, In Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond (I-II), 2021, (pp.214-230). Halil İnalcık Studies in the History of Textiles in Turkey, 2011. Hülya Tezcan Atlaslar Atlası, 1993. Lale Görünür Women’s Costume of the Late Ottoman Era from the Sadberk Hanım Museum Collection, 2010.
11 Baroque and Rococo Periods Josephine’s Influence on the Empire Fashion (17th – 19th centuries) James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 127-176), (pp. 213- 251). Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 251-331). Madeleine Ginsburg The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991, (pp. 54-71), (pp. 64-70).
12 Romanticism Victorian and Edwardian Fashion Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Women's Fashion and Women's Rights Movement in the United States, France, and England QUIZ 3 James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 177-211). Madeleine Ginsburg The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991, (pp. 72-89). Diana Crane Fashion and Its Social Agendas Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing, 2000.
13 Important Fashion Movements and Innovations in the early Twentieth Century James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004. (pp. 262-290) Auguste Racinet The Costume History, 2009 (pp. 213-251) Fifty Years of Fashion New Look to Now Valerie Steele, 2000.
14 Review of the Semester  
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Semester Review
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

*James Laver
Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, Thames &
Hudson.
*Madeleine Ginsburg
The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991, Portland House.
*Jennifer Harris
5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, British Museum Press.
*Auguste Racinet
The Costume History, 2009, Taschen.
*Halil İnalcık
Studies in the History of Textiles in Turkey, 2011, İş Bankası.
*The New York Public Library
The History of the Feminine Costume of the World.
Digital Collections
*Jennifer Scarce
Women’s Costume of the Near and Middle East, 2003,
Routledge
*Diana Crane
Fashion and Its Social Agendas
Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing, 2000, The University of
Chicago Press
*Elvan Özkavruk Adanır and Berna İleri,
Orientalism Revisited: Orientalism as Fashion, In Handbook of
Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media
and Beyond (I-II), 2021, (pp.214-230).
*Lale Görünür
Women’s Costume of the Late Ottoman Era from the Sadberk
Hanım Museum Collection, 2010.
*Neriman Görgünay
Geleneksel Türk Giyim Tarihi, 2008, Sergi Publishing,
*Nilay Ertürk
Türklerde Giyim Kuşam, 2018, Hayalperest
*Hülya Tezcan
Atlaslar Atlası, 1993.
*Valerie Steele
Fifty Years of Fashion New Look to Now, 2000, Yale University
Press.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weighting
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
3
30
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
30
Presentation / Jury
1
30
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
6
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
14
2
28
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
3
10
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
34
Presentation / Jury
1
40
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
Final Exams
    Total
180

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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

To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication.
2

To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication.
3

To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes.
4

To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution.

5

To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice.

6

To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication.

7

To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public.
8

To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies.

9

To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process.
10

To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication.

11

To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

12

To be able to speak a second foreign language 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.

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