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Cyprus International University
TR

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
-
Keywords

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

  1. 01 Janson, H. W., & Janson, A. F. (2004). History of Art (7th ed.). Prentice Hall.
  2. 02 Gombrich, E. H. (2006). The Story of Art (16th ed.). Phaidon Press.

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Program Outcomes

  1. P01 The student chooses the design principles and can match the application
  2. P02 Students will be able to define national and international values in art and design
  3. P03 Students will be able to define abstract and concrete design concepts and express them in composition
  4. P04 The student can adjust the time correctly to complete his / her graphic application
  5. P05 The student matches the relationship between image and meaning
  6. P06 Students can express what they see by drawing
  7. P07 Identifies the traces, aligns, and calculates the hierarchy of typographic elements
  8. P08 Defines and lists art and design materials
  9. P09 Expresses an idea, concept or phenomenon visually in a creative way
  10. P10 Solves the design problems encountered in the process
  11. P11 Symbolizes concepts, situations, and objects in the visual context
  12. P12 Develops design projects by recalling basic graphic design principles
  13. P13 Applies technology effectively in the design process
  14. P14 Can think critically and question theoretical gains in the context
  15. P15 Relate the past, present, and future of design
  16. P16 Can perform original works related to the field and evaluate the results
  17. P17 Designs and produces different visual areas such as multimedia, advertising graphics, animation, new media, printmaking, and photography
  18. P18 Improves communication skills for teamwork
  19. P19 Can effectively discuss, criticize and form theory about the field
  20. P20 Student can organize paragraphs, single-column, multi-column and modular grids in book and magazine designs
  21. P21 Can plan collaborations with colleagues in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environments
  22. P22 Can associate written texts with visual images
  23. P23 Can observe and compare in the context of art criticism methods
  24. P24 Can apply legal regulations and procedures in the field
  25. P25 Be able to associate written texts with visual images

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