Mythology and Iconography
Visual Communication Design
Faculty of Communication
First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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| Mythology and Iconography | GIT306 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 3 | Spring | 3 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Emel ÖZTÜRK
Assistant Prof. Dr. Akın DEVECİ
Assistant Prof. Dr. Nihan DÖNMEZ
Research Assistant Dr. Ali Murat VARLI
Lecturer Dr. Tülin CENGİZ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Methods of analysis, with examples of learning periods by iconographic mythology alınlanan recognize the iconographic features of
2) Enabling an accurate assessment of the aesthetic of a work of art may obtain the information
3) Have knowledge about the basic concepts of mythology.
4) Understands the relationship between mythology and art.
5) Understands the importance of the mythological narratives, social and cultural.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 3 | High | No relation | Low | High | Middle | High | High | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | High | No relation | Low | High | Middle | High | High | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | High | No relation | Low | High | Middle | High | High | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None.
Course Contents
Begining from the Antiquity untill nowadays the correllation of the icons with the cultures are tougth in this class.
Weekly Schedule
1) Mythology and Iconography The purpose of the course presentation will be given general information about the scope.2) Mythology of the concept will be informed about what is and how he was born.
3) In general, providing information about the concept of creation, creation myths explained.
4) Information will be given about Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Hestia, Aphrodite and their cults.
5) Information will be given about Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Dionysos and their cults.
6) Heroes, battles, regional myths, and local legends are told.
7) The questions "What is an icon? How do icons emerge? What is the period of Iconoclasm?" will be discussed.
8) The stories of creation in Holy books will be told and their visual depictions will be discussed.
9) The stories of the pictures on the church walls from the holy book will be told.
10) The concepts of mythology and iconography of Western painting will be told.
11) Iconography, iconology, and iconoclasm will be told.
12) Sample analyzes will be made by giving information about the iconographic analysis method.
13) An exemplary iconographic analysis will be made.
14) General assessment will be made on mythology and iconography.
15) Final Examination
16) Final Examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Bedrettin Cömert (2010). Mitoloji ve İkonografi. (3. Baskı) Ankara: De Ki Basım Yayım.
2- Karen Armstrong (2005). Mitlerin Kısa Tarihi. İstanbul: Merkez Kitapçılık Yayıncılık.
3- İsmail Gezgin (2011). Sanatın Mitolojisi. (2. Baskı). İstanbul: Sel Yayıncılık.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Demonstration
3) Case Study
4) Self Study
5) Project Based Learning
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
40% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required