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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / SNT411 - ART HISTORY

Code: SNT411 Course Title: BYZANTINE AND POST-BYZANTINE CAPPADOCIA I Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ART HISTORY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BESİM TOLGA UYAR (tolgauyar@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to offer various scientific and methodological tools in order to understand cultural geography of Cappadocia upon which our University has been built up. Rock carved monuments and the natural landscape to which they belong and the historical context in which they were developped will be approached and interpreted trhough classroom lectures, field trips and prohects.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Acquire awarness about the Medieval and Pre-Modern Cappadocia’s cultural diversity and wealth. Will learn what does this rich heritage mean for the present and future day Turkey. PO-7 Having ability to practice his/her knowledge on the History of Art in transdisciplinary works.
PO-11 To be able to the sensitivity of doing something about art and architecture products, cultural heritage and its environment.
 		Examination
LO-2 Will learn about the Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman art, monuments and daily life of Cappadocia. Will have grasp on the cultural interactions between these cultures. PO-2 Acquiring ability on data collection, analyzing, interpreting, discussing and proposing about the issues of the History of Art.
PO-4 Acquiring objective and consistent interpreting skill via comparing art and architecture products in different geographies.
 		Examination
LO-3 Can interpret the archaeaological and artistic remains. Can apprehend how the cultural and historucal environment little can be reconstructed in the absence of the written sources. PO-7 Having ability to practice his/her knowledge on the History of Art in transdisciplinary works.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Historical geography, works of art, architecture and social life of Cappadocia between 5th and 11th cent. will be examined through examples of works of art.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Presentation of the course syllabus and introduction. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
2 Pre-Byzantine Cappadocia and cultural continuity. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
3 Pre-Byzantine Cappadocia and cultural continuity. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
4 Cappadocia between 4th and 6th cent Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
5 Cappadocia between 4th and 6th cent Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
6 Cappadocia between 4th and 6th cent Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
7 Cappadocia between 4th and 6th cent Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
8 mid-term exam
9 Cappadocia between 7th and 9th cent. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
10 Cappadocia between 7th and 9th cent. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
11 Cappadocia between 7th and 9th cent. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
12 Cappadocia in 10th cent. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
13 Cappadocia in 10th cent. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
14 Cappadocia in 10th cent. Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
15 Exam Preparation Discussing Lecturing Question/Answer Field Trip
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Karakaya N., Tatlarin, Ankara 2015
2 Giovannini, L., ed. Arts of Cappadocia. London, 1971
3 Hild, F. Das byzantinische Straßensystem in Kappadokien. Vienna, 1977.
4 Hild, F. and M. Restle. Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos), Tabula Imperii Byzantini 1. Vienna, 1981
5 Jerphanion, G. de. Une nouvelle province de l’art byzantin les églises rupestres de Cappadoce. 2 vols. (Paris, 1925-1942) + plates
6 Jolivet-Lévy, C. Les églises byzantines de Cappadoce. Paris, 1991.
7 Jolivet-Lévy, C. Cappadoce: Mémoire de Byzance. Paris, 1997
8 Kostof, S. Caves of God: Cappadocia and Its Churches. 2nd ed. Oxford, 1989.
9 Ousterhout R. A Byzantine Settlement in Cappadocia. Washington, 2005
10 Ramsay, W.M. and G. L.Bell, The Thousand and One Churches. London, 1909
11 Restle, M. Byzantine Wall Painting in Asia Minor. 3 vols. New York, 1967Restle, M. Byzantine Wall Painting in Asia Minor. 3 vols. New York, 1967
12 Restle, M. Studien zur frühbyzantinischen Architektur Kappadokiens. Vienna, 1979
13 Rodley, L. Cave monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia. Cambridge, 1985.
14 Sözen, M., ed. Kapadokya. Istanbul, 1998
15 Thierry, N. Haut Moyen-Âge en Cappadoce: Les églises de la région du Çavuşin. 2. vols. Paris, 1983-94
16 Thierry, N. Haut Moyen-Âge en Cappadoce: Les églises de la région du Çavuşin. 2. vols. Paris, 1983-94
17 Wharton (Epstein), A. Tokalı Kilise: Tenth-Century Metropolitan Art in Byzantine Cappadocia. Washington, 1987
18 Wharton (Epstein). Art of Empire. Painting and Architecture on the Byzantine Periphery. Penn State 1988
19 Pekak S., (2009) “Kappadokia Bölgesi Osmanlı Dönemi Kiliseleri: Örnekler, Sorunlar, Öneriler”, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi,26 (2), 249-277.
20 Pekak S.,(2010). “Ürgüp, Yeşilöz, (Tağar) Kilisesi”,Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi,27(1), 203-218.
21 Robert Ousterhout, Bizans Toplumunu Görünür Kılmak, Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları (Istanbul 2021)
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection, field work

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 3 9
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 3 9
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 5 15
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 4 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 4 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 101