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Program Type: 
Thesis
Course Code: 
ART505
Semester: 
Autumn
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
15
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 

This class reviews the formal and conceptual state of contemporary art by analyzing its development from the beginning in the 19th century until today.

Course Content: 

Besides theoretical texts and the discussion of important artists, movements and media that influenced the evolution of modern art to contemporary, the seminar also analyzes the relationship between artists, art communicators and the people, so that it investigates internal and external discussions of contemporary art and its context.

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Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics Study Materials
1 Introduction in the class, its form and content  
2 About the Birth and End of Modern Art Text
3 Postmodernism and Art Art & Today, Bölüm VII,

P. 1013

4 Art’s Strategies for Survival Text
5 Art after Pop Art & Today,

P. 14

6 Art after the Urinal Art & Today,

P. 38

7 Art after Abstraction Art & Today,

P. 64

8 Art after Realism Art & Today,

P. 94

9 Art after Body Art & Today,

P. 216

10 Context as Content - Art as Social Practice and Institutional Critique Art & Today,

P. 344 - 390

11 New Media/ Old Problems (About Photography, Video and Digital Art) Text
12 Space as Art -  About Installation Art and Curatorial Practices Text
13 The State of the Turkish Art Scene I (Artists) User’s Manual

P. 10 - 143

14 The State of the Turkish Art Scene II (Institutions) User’s Manual

P. 10 - 143

Recommended Sources

Textbook Art & Today (Heartney, Phaidon, 2008) / Sanat ve Bugün, Akbank, 2011

Art in Theory II (Harrison & Wood, Blackwell Publishing, 2003)

Additional Resources Theory in Contemporary y Art since 1985 ( Kocur & Leung, Blackwell Publishing, 2005)

Inside the White Cube ( O’Doherty, 2000, University of California Press / Beyaz Küpün İçinde (Antmen, Sel Yayınları, 2010)

User's Manual (Altındere, Art-ist, 2007)

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES NUMBER PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms 1  
Quizzes 1  
Assignment 1  
Total   100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE    
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE    
Total   100

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities Quantity Duration
(Hour) 		Total
Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 14x Total course hours) 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 14 12 168
Mid-terms 1 20 20
Assignment 10 12 120
Final examination 1 20 20
Total Work Load     370
Total Work Load / 25 (h)     14,8
ECTS Credit of the Course     15

 

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