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Renaissance Art (HART 311)

Last Offered: 2019 Spring

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Subject: History of Art(HART)

SU Credit: 3

ECTS Credit: 6

Instructor(s): Bratislav Pantelic pantelic@sabanciuniv.edu,

Detailed Syllabus: Click here to view.

Language of Instruction: English

Level of Course: Undergraduate

Prerequisites (only for SU students) : HUM202

Mode of Delivery: Formal lecture,Interactive lecture

Planned Learning Activities: Interactive,Discussion based learning

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Programs\Type	Required	Core Elective	Area Elective
Art Theory and Criticism Minor		*
Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design		*
Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design		*

CONTENT

This course is intended as a introduction to the aesthetics and representational practice of the Early Renaissance. It examines and discusses how a bold vision of humanity coupled with revolutionary experiments in the visual arts set the foundations of the Western canon.

OBJECTIVE

This course is an introduction to the art of the Italian Renaissance. Students will have the opportunity to examine and discuss how revolutionary experiments in the visual arts interacted with bold new ideas and perceptions of the world. Through lectures and discussions students will discover how the Renaissance mode of representation reflected the overall cultural climate and especially the intellectual discourse of humanism.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course students should be able to: 1. comprehend the Renaissance from the historical and cultural perspective; 2. evaluate works of Renaissance art and identify them by author and subject; 3. understand the aesthetics and representational practice of Renaissance art;

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 4

2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 3

3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 3

4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 2

5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 1

1. Develop knowledge of theories, concepts, and research methods in humanities and social sciences. 3

2. Assess how global, national and regional developments affect society. 3

3. Know how to access and evaluate data from various sources of information. 3

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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

	Percentage (%)
Final	40
Midterm	30
Participation	30

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Optional Readings