Major Works of Art: The World Before Modernity (HUM 322)

2024 Fall
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Humanities(HUM)
3
5
Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan sinem.iskorkutan@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
HUM201 HUM202 HUM207 SPS101 SPS102
Formal lecture,Field work/field study/on-the-job,Recitation
Interactive,Communicative,Case Study
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CONTENT

This course examines the arts of the pre-modern period from a cross-cultural perspective. One of the main objectives of the course is to thoroughly analyze the shared visual and artistic vocabularies of various works of art and/or art mediums across cultural geographies. Another objective is to help the students develop a critical understanding of the often-used concepts in art history – style, provenance, and appropriation. While the lectures are thematically organized, the selected artworks will be evaluated chronologically against the backdrop of historical and cultural contexts. The course covers art analysis, both stylistic and iconographical, as well as critical reading and writing.

OBJECTIVE

While providing a deep stylistic, iconographical, and socio-historical analysis of selected art works from the pre-modern period ranging from the early 15th to the late 18th centuries that display cross-cultural dialogue and artistic appropriation, the course intends to challenge ethnic, religious, and national perspectives on art history. This method also calls into question Eurocentric classifications of artistic styles and artworks.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • One of the main objectives of the course is to familiarize students with certain masterpieces of art in the pre-modern period from various cultural geographies.
  • Upon completion of this course students will be able to assess cultural interconnectivity and artistic dialogue in pre-modern period.

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. 5

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. 4

4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 5

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. 2


1. Possess sufficient knowledge of mathematics, science, fundamental engineering, computational methods and program-specific engineering topics; use theoretical and applied knowledge of these areas in complex engineering problems.

2. Identify, define, formulate and solve complex engineering problems while considering the UN Sustainable Development Goals; choose and apply suitable analysis, design, estimation/prediction and modeling methods for this purpose.

3. Develop, choose and use modern techniques and tools that are needed for analysis and solution of complex problems faced in engineering applications; use information technologies effectively.

4. Have the ability to design a complex system, process, instrument or a product under realistic constraints and conditions, with the goal of fulfilling creative current and future requirements.

5. Use research methods, including conducting literature reviews, designing experiments, performing experiments, collecting data, analyzing results, and interpreting results, to investigate complex engineering problems or discipline-specific research topics.

6. Possess knowledge of business practices such as project management, risk management, change management, and economic feasibility analysis; awareness on entrepreneurship and innovation.

7. Possess knowledge of impact of engineering solutions on society, health and safety, the economy, sustainability, and the environment within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; awareness on legal outcomes of engineering solutions; awareness of acting impartially and inclusively without any form of discrimination; act in accordance with ethical principles, possessing knowledge of professional and ethical responsibilities.

8. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, on technical subjects, considering the diverse characteristics of the target audience (such as education, language, and profession).


1. Develop knowledge of theories, concepts, and research methods in humanities and social sciences. 5

2. Assess how global, national and regional developments affect society. 4

3. Know how to access and evaluate data from various sources of information. 5

ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

  Percentage (%)
Final 35
Midterm 25
Assignment 10
Participation 20
Presentation 10

RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS

Readings

Weekly readings from the below-mentioned books as well as other sources will be made available on SuCourse+.

Jardine, Lisa and Jerry Brotton. Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East and West.
London, 2000.

Critical Terms for Art History, Robert Nelson and Richard Shiff, eds. Chicago, 1996.

Ars Orientalis 39 (2010): Globalizing Cultures: Art and Mobility in The Eighteenth Century.

Steven Leuthold. Cross-Cultural Issues in Art: Frames for Understanding. Routledge, 2010.

Herman Roodenburg, ed. Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe. Volume 4. Forging European Identities, 1400–1700. Cambridge University Press, 2013.