FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Physics

GEAR 302 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
World Museums
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GEAR 302
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
6

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Service Course
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Q&A
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to introduce examples of different forms of cultural and artistic expressions in museums.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to discuss the cultural and artistic development of human history in the context of museums.
  • will be able to define different museums with aesthetic sensitivity.
  • will be able to classify museums regarding their purpose.
  • will be able to classify different art objects.
  • will be able to compare museums in different countries.
Course Description This course provides information about the museums established for different purposes.

 



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 to the course. Overview of the Course Syllabus (Assignments, Midterm, Presentations).
2 Introduction to the Four Legs of a Museum Visit: Visitor, Artwork, Artist, Museum.
3 Formal and Contextual Analysis. Slow Looking Techniques. Prehistoric Art. Paleolithic &Neolithic Art. Museums: Lascaux Cave Museum, France. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara Kleiner, Introduction, pp.1-14. Kleiner, Chp.1. Please check Blackboard for additional reading material on Slow Looking and Visual Fundementals.
4 Egyptian Art. Museums: The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Ancient Near Eastern Art. Museums: Louvre Museum, Paris. Kleiner, Chp. 2. Kleiner, Chp. 3.
5 Greek Art. Hellenistic Art. Roman Art. Byzantine Art. Museums: National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Vatican Museum, Italy. The Getty Villa, USA. Kleiner, Chp. 5. Kleiner, Chp. 10 Kleiner, Chp. 12
6 Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo Periods. Museums: Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Borghese Gallery, Italy. Galleria dell’Academia. Kleiner, Chp. 21 & 22. (For Rococo; pls check Chp. 29)
7 Neoclassicism. Romanticism. Realism. Museums: Tate Gallery, London. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, USA. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. * Short Essay submission on Blackboard on the day of Lecture. Kleiner, Chp. 29 & 30.
8 Impressionism. Post-Impressionism. Museums: Orsay Museum, Paris. Musée Rodin, Paris. Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum. Musée de L’Orangerie, Paris. * Artist choice for the Presentation is finalized on Google Doc. Kleiner, Chp. 31.
9 Fauvism. Cubism. Museums: Museum Of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. Picasso Museum, Paris. * Museum of Modern Art Documentary. Kleiner, Chp. 35.
10 Dadaism. Surrealism. Museums: Baltimore Museum of Art, USA The Art Institute of Chicago, USA. Yale Art Gallery, USA. Kleiner, Chp. 35.
11 Abstract Expressionism. Pop Art. Contemporary Art. Museums: Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain. Kleiner, Chp. 36.
12 Midterm. * Submission of Presentations on Blackboard.
13 Student Presentations (1)
14 Student Presentations (2)
15 Semester Review
16 Semester Review

 

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
25
Presentation / Jury
1
35
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
40
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
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
14
3
42
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
30
30
Presentation / Jury
1
30
30
Project
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
30
30
Final Exam
0
    Total
180

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,

7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,

8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently

13

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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