SNT 115E - Modernity and Visual Culture

Course Objectives

1. To discuss the modernity phenomenon.
2. To examine modernity’s effects on culture.
3. to gain the skill to interpret art not only as an aesthetic value but also as a cultural asset.

Course Description

Introduction to the development of Western art in the modern age. Discussion of the modernity concept. Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the visual culture and its effects on science, technology, art, politics, economy, etc. Determining the situation in Türkiye. Analyzing the development of Western culture in Turkish art and culture. The criticism of modernity.