Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
HYK3152014173AESTHETICCompulsory352
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The objective of the course is: - To evaluate and discuss aesthetic, the basic concept of aesthetics, and their logic. - To evaluate the relationship between art, art -work, artist, and creativity, effects of art, ethics, and epistemology. - To discuss that the theories of aesthetics and philosophy in art since antiquity until the 19th century.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Knowledge about basic concepts and issues of aesthetics, philosophy and art. - Present new thesis for new intellect which is about the basic concepts and problems of aesthetics, philosophy and art
2Learn aesthetics of art history, sociology and background information on the history of thought is learned. - Examine enriched with the insights of critical writing practices of the main problems of aesthetics.
3Learn relations with intellectual history and art history. - Know the sophists who come to the fore in history of thought from Ancient Greece to Modernism.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
It is essential that aesthetics ground in course content. Evaluate thinking structures of subjectivist and objectivist thought. - Artistic creation (custom-actual) represents a break with the past-today, yesterday in objective of beauty - Aesthetic is basis of the theories of art. - Discuss the theories of art with analysis aesthetic judgment. - Sign and imagery is into image. Discuss the concept of creating power and inspiration. - Examine matter of artistic creation and approach of aesthetic?s basic problems.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Subjects terms of aesthetics and philosophy of art: a)Art b) Work of Art
2The basic problems of aesthetics approaches: a) The structure and properties of aesthetic b) Whether or not the common aesthetic judgements
3The birth of philosophical thougth and question of ?What is beauty?? in Greeks: Platon, Aristotle, Plotinus
4 Features of Ancient Greek Aesthetics
5 Features of Ancient Greek Aesthetics
6The first response of faith enriched by the Middle Ages, or the Ancient Ages: Aurelius, Augustinus
7Development of Scholastic philosophy (XIII century) and Aquinas Thomas aesthetics
8 midterm exam
9Jhe period between the Nominalist Rebellion in the XIII century and XVI century: Renaissance. What is the Renaissance? What is Humanism?
10J. P. De Crousaz and Cartesian philosophy; Jean - Baptiste du Bos and empiricist
11J. P. De Crousaz and Cartesian philosophy; Jean - Baptiste du Bos and empiricist
12manuel Kant's question: What is Enlightenment?
13A period which highlights the human mind: the Age of Enlightenment
14Against the idea of Enlightenment criticism: Romanticism (XIX. century) and Friedrich Nietzsche
15he criticisms of the idea of the Enlightenment, and Michel Foucault "This Is Not a Pipe"
16final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
YETKİN, Suut Kemal, Estetik Doktrinler, Ankara 2007. ? KUÇURADİ, İoanna, Sanata Felsefeyle Bakmak, Adana 2009. ? KUÇURADİ, İoanna, Etik, İstanbul 2006. ? TOWNSEND, Estetiğe Giriş, (çev. Sabri Büyükdüvenci), Ankara 2002. ? TİMUÇİN, Afşar, Estetik?te Anlam ve Yorum, İstanbul 2011. ? TİMUÇİN, Afşar, Sorularla Estetik El Kitabı, İstanbul 2009. ? TİMUÇİN, Afşar, Düşünce Tarihi, İstanbul 2008. ? KAQAN, Moissej, Güzellik Bilimi Olarak Estetik ve Sanat, (Çev: Aziz Çalışlar), İstanbul 1982. ? KAQAN, Moissej, Estetik ve Sanat Dersleri, İstanbul 1993.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures020
Discussion12336
Self Study122
Individual Study for Homework Problems14114
Individual Study for Mid term Examination122
Individual Study for Final Examination122
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)60
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