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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 Students know the stages of production of radio, television and cinema productions, have the ability and competence to plan and implement work in the stages of production.
  2. P02 Students know the basic working principles and operations of audiovisual production tools, have the ability to effectively use these tools in the production process of radio, television and cinema productions.
  3. P03 Students have knowledge about theories in the field of radio, television and cinema.
  4. P04 Students know the historical development process of radio, television and cinema in the world and in Turkey.
  5. P05 Students know the legislation governing the field of radio, television and cinema, national and international professional organizations and ethical principles.
  6. P06 Students know the types of programs in radio and television broadcasting.
  7. P07 Students know the genres and trends of Cinema.
  8. P08 Students know the methods of analyzing and evaluating messages in audio and visual environments.
  9. P09 Students prepare, design and implement project proposals for radio, television and cinema projects suitable for different broadcasting environments.
  10. P10 Students know the techniques of writing scripts, have the ability to write scripts and prepare a shooting script.
  11. P11 Students have the ability to make sound and image editing, apply it in the fields of digital sound design, image design and visual effects use in field-specific content production.
  12. P12 Students have the ability to consider, analyze and evaluate the social, economic, political, cultural, etc. effects of media content in written, audio and visual environments from a critical point of view.
  13. P13 Students have the competence to design and produce programs and/or make films in the field of radio, television and cinema.
  14. P14 Students are proficient in the basic principles of Image aesthetics, visual design, cinematographic language/expression and composition.
  15. P15 Students have knowledge about Radio and Television management.
  16. P16 Students know the standards in field-specific products.
  17. P17 Students are proficient in collaborating for joint work and production in the field of radio, television and cinema.

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