At the end of this course, the students; 1) Describe and explain the artistic and architectural productions of the societies, which ruled during the time period and within the geographical borders selected to be concentrated in this semester. 2) Be able to distinguish and compare the artistic, architectural and urban works and productions of the selected cultures. 3) Be able to evaluate and discuss similar and different works of art and architecture in relation to probable synchronic and diachronic encounters, relations and interactions through the socio-cultural, economic and religious milieu of their belonging societies and cultures. 4) Develop and interpret current debates, approaches and studies in architectural history. 5) Develop and use skills on thinking, reading, and writing on architecture.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
-
COURSE DEFINITION
In this course, architectural culture in history is comparatively evaluated. Diachronic and synchronic encounters, interactions, and relations of societies which spread from Europe to Asia and those particularly settled in Anatolia and the Middle East are studied. The content of the course varies each term with focus on a particular selected time period throughout history. In this context, the approaches on the shaping of the built environment, artistic production and especially architectural edifices of varied cultures of the selected period each term are discussed comparatively, while at the same time highlighting the possible encounters.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to the Course
2nd Week
Discussion on the concepts of architectural encounters, comparisons, and interactions
3rd Week
Temporal and spatial focus of the semester: Anatolia in the Medieval Mediterranean world
4th Week
Anatolia at the intersection of cultural encounters and interactions during the 12th ? 13th centuries: Seljuks - Byzantines - Crusaders
5th Week
Anatolia at the intersection of architectural encounters and interactions during the 12th ? 13th centuries: Seljuks - Byzantines - Crusaders
6th Week
Seljuk culture and architecture from Iran to Anatolia: Continuity and change
7th Week
Mamluks and Seljuks, Anatolia under the Mongol rule
8th Week
Mid term
9th Week
Anatolia at the intersection of cultural encounters and interactions during the 14th century: Principalities - Byzantines - Crusaders
10th Week
Anatolia at the intersection of architectural encounters and interactions during the 14th century: Principalities - Byzantines - Crusaders
11th Week
Anatolia at the intersection of cultural encounters and interactions during the 14th century: Ottomans - Byzantines - Crusaders
12th Week
Anatolia at the intersection of architectural encounters and interactions during the 14th century: Ottomans - Byzantines - Crusaders
13th Week
Student presentations
14th Week
General evaluation of the course and Wrap-up
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Bentley j. H. (1996), ?Cross-Cultural Interaction and Periodization in World History?, The American Historical Review, Vol. 101, No. 3, pp. 749-770. Flood, Finbarr Barry. "Lost in Translation: Architecture, Taxonomy and the Eastern "Turks"." Muqarnas 24 (2007): 79 - 115.
Walker A., Grossmann H. E. (eds), (2013) Mechanisms of Exchange: Transmission in Medieval Art and Architecture of the Mediterranean ca. 1000-1500, Boston: Leiden Brill Hathaway S. L. Kim D. W., (2012) Intercultural Transmission in the Medieval Mediterranean, London ? New York: Continuum.
Hillenbrand R. (2005), İslam Sanatı ve Mimarlığı (çev. Ç. Kafesçioğlu), İstanbul: Homer Kitabevi. Hoffman E. R. (ed.) (2007) Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. Howard D. (2000) Venice and the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture 1100-1500, New Haven ? London: Yale University Press. Kafesçioğlu Ç. (2009), Contantinopolis / İstanbul: Cultural Encounter, Imperial Vision and the Construction of the Ottoman Capital, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press. Kuban D. (2002), Selçuklu Çağında Anadolu Sanatı, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. Kuban D. (2007), Osmanlı Mimarisi, İstanbul: Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları. Ousterhout R., Ruggles D. F. (2004) ?Encounters with Islam: The Medieval Mediterranean Experience Art, Material Cultural and Cultural Interchange?, Gesta, 43/2, pp. 83-85. (Bu liste dönem başında verilecek haftalık okumalarla desteklenecektir.)
