SNT 106 - Traditional Turkish Art and Crafts

Course Objectives

This course aims,
1.to inform the students on the richness of Turkish culture and on the basic elements of art and
crafts,
2. to provide basic information on the technical development, materials and the production
process of traditional Turkish art and crafts,
3. to observe the frequent use of topics and motifs of Turkish art forms through the artworks,
4. to rise awareness on local Turkish culture, to analyze the relationship between the local and
global arts and to examine its relation with contemporary art practice.

Course Description

General information and visual analyzes on the major traditional art and crafts of Turkish art: Art
of Books (binding, calligraphy, illumination, painting, filigree, marbled paper), Tiles and
Ceramics, Carpets, Textiles, Metalwork, Woodwork, Stonework. The current practice of the
traditional arts and crafts.