Byzantine Art and Iconography

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Mytology

Course Contents

It is the introduction of works of art between the 4th and 15th centuries by revealing the art traditions of the Byzantine Empire, especially Anatolia, in line with historical, geographical, cultural and social inputs. The interpretation of the sacred events and stories mentioned in the Torah and the Bible on different materials such as stone, mineral, wood and ivory, especially visual, miniature and monumental painting, will be discussed in company with visual material, and iconographic analysis and evaluation will be made.

Weekly Schedule

1) Definition and Byzantine emergence of the Art of Byzantine art in the world and Turkey. Byzantine Art Periods
2) Constantine city establishment and information about Early Byzantine period Istanbul panorama, Constantinople walls, history and architecture
3) Mese and Forums, Constantinople Hippodrome, History and Architecture of its historical phases. First Churches in Byzantine architecture: Basilicas. Adaptation of the basilica, the court and meeting structures of the Roman period, to the Christian architecture. Building Materials-techniques.
4) Explanation of church plan type and terminology, comprehension of liturgical spaces and elements in the church with examples Grouping of basilicas according to the cover system Hellenistic basilicas / Italy and Greece examples Vaulted basilicas / Churches of Karaman and Montenegro
5) Domed Basilicas: Emergence, description, architectural features. Constantinople / Istanbul Hagia Sophia Church. Construction phases, plan and decoration features Centrally planned Structures: General information. Classification of structures in terms of plan types and functions.
6) Art and building activities in the iconoclasm period Introduction to the Middle Byzantine period, the description of the Closed Greek cross plan type and its different variations which are characteristic of the period
7) stanbul Byzantine monasteries with closed Greek cross plan in the Middle Byzantine period Introduction to Late Byzantine Architecture Information about culture, art and building activities of this period Introduction to Late Byzantine Architecture Information about culture, art and building activities of this period
8) Midterm Exam
9) What is iconography? What explains iconography and is determined by what? What is Christian iconography?
10) The importance of Christian iconography in Christian art Christian iconography according to the Old Testament
11) The Writers of the Bible and Mattheus and Marcus
12) Lucas Ioannes Christian iconography according to the New Testament
13) The types of the Holy Mary in Christian iconography
14) The types of Jesus Christ in Christian iconography
15) The Twelve apostles in Christian iconography
16) Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Yüksel Güngör, Ders Notları,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Demonstration
6) Brain Storming

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required