SOC548 ART IN TURKEY: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
| Course Code: |
2320548 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(0-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Lecturer DENÝZ ARTUN ERKAL |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
A sociological perspective on the last 150 years (1850-2000) of the art of painting in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. Emphasis on master pieces and/ or the omitted pieces of each period with regards to social, cultural, political, economic, geographical and historical conditions leading to their creation. Putting artists background, education and relations under a magnifying glass. Highlighting questions such as how and why art changes and looking for answers in relation to the history of modernization in Turkey. Revisiting Orientalism/ Occidentalism, rethinking evolution in art and the appropriation/ translation of Western art movements in Turkey.
