HISTORY OF ART AND CULTURE
- Course
- GADS108 - HISTORY OF ART AND CULTURE
- Department
- Digital Game Design - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 5
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
The course focuses on the history of art and culture. In this scope History of Art and Culture introduces the developments and concepts related to development of art and culture. Variety of fields such as painting, sculpture, drama, music, literature and architecture are discussed within a socioeconomic and political context; to give the student a total understanding of a particular time and place in history. Students are expected to have an awareness about the development and chronology of the art-historical periods and of distinctive styles. Within this perspective this course starts with first human being efforts in terms of art and continues towards to the current times where art and culture interactions become more complicated and less immediate.
HISTORY OF ART AND CULTURE
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Art and Culture |
| Week 2 | Prehistoric Art: The Stone Age and Neolithic Period |
| Week 3 | Ancient Mesopotamia |
| Week 4 | Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture, and Religion |
| Week 5 | Ancient Greece: Classical Art, Philosophy, and Architecture |
| Week 6 | Ancient Rome: Art, Engineering, and Empire |
| Week 7 | Art and Culture in Ancient India |
| Week 8 | Ancient China: Art, Philosophy, and the Role of the Emperor |
| Week 9 | Ancient Iran: Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Art |
| Week 10 | The Development of Writing and Visual Expression in Ancient Civilizations |
| Week 11 | Classical and Hellenistic Art: The Greek Influence |
| Week 12 | Medieval Art and Culture: The Rise of Christianity |
| Week 13 | The Renaissance: Rebirth of Classical Art and Humanism |
| Week 14 | Baroque and Rococo Art |
| Week 15 | Romanticism and Realism in the 19th Century |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Janson, H. W., & Janson, A. F. (2004). History of Art (7th ed.). Prentice Hall.
- 02 Gombrich, E. H. (2006). The Story of Art (16th ed.). Phaidon Press.
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Program Outcomes
- P01 PO1: Engaged in insightful thinking leading to self-learning and lifelong learning.
- P02 PO2: Established a general knowledge of economics sufficient to work independently through specific learned techniques generated via individual efforts and study.
- P03 PO3: Reached the required knowledge and skills to understand social, economic and legal issues both within national, international and global contexts and apply theoretical knowledge of economics to practice.
- P04 PO4: Adopted the ability to critically evaluate, analyze and interpret information gathered through the use of related statistical software programs to suggest creative solutions for economic problems and make relevant economic decisions.
- P05 PO5: Been aware of gathering and analyzing data through the application of appropriate technological tools in an ethical and safe manner in order to generate economic decisions and policy suggestions.
- P06 PO6: Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills essential for team-working and collaborations for economic decision making for a variety of economic concepts in national and global environment.
- P07 PO7: Endowed with both oral and written communication skills within the economic field to effectively study and work in an international environment
- P08 PO8: Been able to transfer theoretical knowledge to real life economic environment: to generate policies for microeconomic and macroeconomic problems faced by individuals, firms and governments at national, international and global context.
- P09 PO9: Developed an ability to apply economic analysis to everyday problems in real world through the development of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities at work and in personal life.
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