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Course Name	Turkish	Modernite ve Görsel Kültür
	English	Modernity and Visual Culture
Course Code	SNT 115	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Deniz Çalışır Pençe
Course Objectives		This course aims; 1. to discuss the events that shaped the artistic development in western world and especially the “modernity” phenomenon, 2. to examine the modernity’s effects on culture both in the world and Turkey via various data, 3. to gain the skill to interpret art not only as an aesthetic value but also as a cultural asset.
Course Description		A brief introduction to the development of the Western art and modern age, the discussion of the modernity concept, the impact of the Industrial Revolution to the visual culture as well as its effects on science, technology, art, politics, economy, etc. in this context, determining the situation in Turkey and analyzing the development of western culture in Turkish art and culture, the criticism of modernity and transition to post-modernism, new expansions in Turkish art.
Course Outcomes		Students will be able to; I. evaluate an artwork as an aesthetic and cultural object, II. comprehend modernity phenomenon through an artwork, III. learning the active role of cultural change on the form and meaning of art, IV. read the deconstruction of modernity in the twentieth century, V. comprehend contemporaray issues through its formation process, VI. analyze the reflections of all these developments in Turkey and Turkish art.
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Other References		Students will be able to; I. evaluate an artwork as an aesthetic and cultural object, II. comprehend modernity phenomenon through an artwork, III. learning the active role of cultural change on the form and meaning of art, IV. read the deconstruction of modernity in the twentieth century, V. comprehend contemporaray issues through its formation process, VI. analyze the reflections of all these developments in Turkey and Turkish art.

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