COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy of Art | KHAS 1456 | Spring | 03+00+00 | Elective | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Department of Common Courses – Core Program |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | None |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Objectives: | Going through themes such as beauty, aesthetic judgment, representational regimes, and the relationship between art and politics, this course aims to make students think about art’s role and usage in our everyday lives and to concentrate on the historical development of aesthetic thought as one of the sub-disciplines of philosophy. The topics that will be discussed in class are the followings: Art as representation, art as form, art as relation, art as memory and art as expression. |
| Course Contents: | From Antiquity to the present day, this course examines various approaches to art and aesthetics formulated by different philosophers. Students will read primary and secondary texts by/on Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Benjamin, Adorno, and Ranciere as well as watch short videos and documentaries on the topics relevant for philosophy of art. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | Lectures & Writing-Discussion Sessions ● 60-90 min. of lectures per week ● 90 min of discussion and group work per week Reading and Writing Sessions ● Reading and writing tasks completed individually and in groups ● 1. Summary and response paragraphs, 2. Poster Presentation 3. In-class assignment |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation, syllabus overview and introduction | |
| 2 | What is philosophy of art? Branches of philosophy and aesthetics | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 3 | Art as representation: Plato & Aristotle | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 4 | Standard of taste: Hume | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 5 | Aesthetic judgement I: Kant | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 6 | Aesthetic judgement II: Kant | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 7 | Poster presentations | Preparing a poster presentation |
| 8 | Art as reproduction: W. Benjamin Documentary: TBA | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 9 | Art as form: Adorno | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 10 | Art as everyday life I: J. Ranciere | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 11 | Art as everyday life II: J. Ranciere | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 12 | Ways of Seeing: J. Berger Documentary: Ways of Seeing Episode 1 | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 13 | Looking at others through art: Susan Sontag Movie: Finding Vivan Maier | Reading the assigned article, preparing for the in-class writing activity |
| 14 | Final In-class assignment | Preparing for the final assignment |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
| Benjamin, W. (1935). The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 1936. Berger, J. (2018). Ways of seeing. In Living with Contradictions (pp. 189-198). Routledge. Cahn, S. M., & Meskin, A. (Eds.). 2022. Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology. Oxford University Press. (excerpts) Carroll, N. (2012). Philosophy of art: A contemporary introduction. Routledge. (excerpts) Parsons, S. (2009). Sontag's Lament: Emotion, Ethics, and Photography. Photography and Culture, 2(3), 289-302. Rancière, J. (2007). The emancipated spectator (pp. 271-280). London: Verso Books. Sachs, J. (Translator). (2023). Introdcution in Aristotle's Poetics. Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. Tolstoy, L. (2023). What is art?. BoD-Books on Demand. |
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
| Movie: Finding Vivan Maier Documentary: Ways of Seeing Episode 1 Documentary: TBA |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance / Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Homework Assignments | 8 | 20 |
| Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes | 1 | 20 |
| Final Exam | 2 | 40 |
| Total: | 12 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Practice / Exercise | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.) | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Total Workload (hour): | 125 | ||
1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
| # | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 |
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High