FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of English Translation and Interpreting

GEAR 213 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Art Movements and Artists of the 20th Century
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GEAR 213
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Service Course
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Group Work
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to emphasize a conceptual understanding of art movements in the 20th century.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to classify art movements from the 20th century
  • Will be able to define an art movement from the 20th century
  • Will be able to describe an art work from the 20th century
  • Will be able to discuss the artists from the 20th century
  • Will be able to compare different art works from the 20th century
Course Description Students will be able to identify different art movements, will gain basic understanding of each work’s possible concept, significance and style and will be able to examine selected art works from the 20th century.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction: Brief information about the art journey of humanity. The changing conditions which lay foundation for Modernism. Weston, R. (1996), Modernism, Phaidon Press, pp: 8-19, video on Industrial Revolution.
2 Last decades of 19th century. Impressionism, Post Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau Kleiner, Fred, et.al, (2004). Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. Thomson Wadsworth, pp. 919-930.
3 Cubism, Primitivism and Futurism Kleiner, Fred, et.al, (2004). Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. Thomson Wadsworth, pp. 959-967.
4 Expressionism, Fauvism Kleiner, Fred, et.al, (2004). Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. Thomson Wadsworth, pp. 919-930. Buchholz, E.L., Bühler G., Hille K., Kaeppele, S., Stotland I. (2007). Art –The History of Modern Art, Peter Delius Verlag, pp. 415-459
5 Bauhaus, Constructivism Weston, R. (1996), Modernism, Phaidon Press, pp: 119-137; Shiner, L. (2001). The Invention of Art. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. pp.246-268.
6 New Experiments: Dada, Suprematism, Neo-Plasticism Philips, S. (2018) isms: Understanding Modern Art, Herbert Press. Pp.52-56 Buchholz, E.L., Bühler G., Hille K., Kaeppele, S., Stotland I. (2007). Art –The History of Modern Art, Peter Delius Verlag.
7 Surrealism Philips, S. (2018) isms: Understanding Modern Art, Herbert Press.pp.64-67 Buchholz, E.L., Bühler G., Hille K., Kaeppele, S., Stotland I. (2007). Art –The History of Modern Art, Peter Delius Verlag.
8 Midterm
9 Realism: Social Realism, Kitchen Sink Realism Philips, S. (2018) isms: Understanding Modern Art, Herbert Press.
10 Abstract Expressionism. Philips, S. (2018) isms: Understanding Modern Art, Herbert Press. Buchholz, E.L., Bühler G., Hille K., Kaeppele, S., Stotland I. (2007). Art –The History of Modern Art, Peter Delius Verlag.
11 Pop Art, Op Art, Conceptual Art Buchholz, E.L., Bühler G., Hille K., Kaeppele, S., Stotland I. (2007). Art –The History of Modern Art, Peter Delius Verlag. Adorno, W.T., Culture Industry, Routledge Classics “The Schema of Mass Culture”
12 Post Modernism. Feminist Art. Broude, N., Garrard M. D., (1994) The Power of Feminist Art, Thames and Hudson, pp. 10-29.
13 Live Art: Installation, Performance and Dance Videos
14 Environmental art, Technological Art. Invitation to the Gallery pp.281-285
15 Review
16 FINAL EXAM

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Adorno, W.T., Culture Industry, Routledge Classics.
Broude, N., Garrard M. D., (1994) The Power of Feminist Art, Thames and Hudson.
Kleiner, Fred, et.al, (2004). Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. Thomson Wadsworth. 
Buchholz, E.L., Bühler G., Hille K., Kaeppele, S., Stotland I. (2007). Art –The History of Modern Art, Peter Delius Verlag.
Little, S. (2004), isms: Understanding Art, A&C Black Visual Arts. 
Lynton, N. (1994), The Story of Modern Art, Phaidon Press
Philips, S. (2018) isms: Understanding Modern Art, Herbert Press.
Phipps, R., Wink, R. (1987) Invitation to the Gallery, WCB.
Shiner, L. (2001). The Invention of Art. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
Weston, R. (1996), Modernism, Phaidon Press.

 

Suggested Readings/Materials

https://www.khanacademy.org/
https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
https://www.moma.org/
https://whitney.org/
https://www.artforum.com/
https://www.artnews.com/

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
10
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
30
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
10
3
30
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
10
10
Presentation / Jury
1
10
10
Project
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
10
10
Final Exam
1
15
15
    Total
123

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired,

2

To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods,

3

To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages,

4

To be able to obtain information about social, cultural, and historical approaches within the source and target languages and to use this information for textual analysis and production,

5

To be able to understand and interpret written and oral texts in the source language and to transfer these texts into the target language using a semantically and functionally appropriate language,

6

To be able to produce creative translations and assess the translation products critically by defining the steps, strategies and problems in the translation process in the light of field-specific theoretical knowledge and skills acquired,

7

To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act,

8

To be able to use computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation effectively at each step of the translation process, and to follow the theoretical and practical developments in these fields,

9

To be able to gain awareness of the translator’s social role, job profile, and professional ethical values and to acquire workload management skills for individual or team work,

10

To be able to access necessary sources to improve quality at each step of the translation process and to assess the target text in accordance with the quality objectives by using these sources,

11

To be able to establish effective oral and written communication skills both in English and Turkish, to be able to speak a second foreign language at a good level, to be able to use a third foreign language at intermediate level,

12

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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