GEAR 302 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of New Media and Communication

Course Name

World Museums

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEAR 302	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	6

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Q&A Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr.Öğretim Üyesi Ünsal Doğan BAŞKIR
Course Lecturer(s)	-
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	The objective of this course is to introduce examples of different forms of cultural and artistic expressions in museums.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; will be able to discuss the cultural and artistic development of human history in the context of museums. will be able to define different museums with aesthetic sensitivity. will be able to classify museums regarding their purpose. will be able to classify different art objects. will be able to compare museums in different countries.
Course Description	This course provides information about the museums established for different purposes.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction to the course. Overview of the Course Syllabus (Assignments, Midterm, Presentations).
2	Introduction to the Four Legs of a Museum Visit: Visitor, Artwork, Artist, Museum.
3	Formal and Contextual Analysis. Slow Looking Techniques. Prehistoric Art. Paleolithic &Neolithic Art. Museums: Lascaux Cave Museum, France. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara	Kleiner, Introduction, pp.1-14. Kleiner, Chp.1. Please check Blackboard for additional reading material on Slow Looking and Visual Fundementals.
4	Egyptian Art. Museums: The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Ancient Near Eastern Art. Museums: Louvre Museum, Paris.	Kleiner, Chp. 2. Kleiner, Chp. 3.
5	Greek Art. Hellenistic Art. Roman Art. Byzantine Art. Museums: National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Vatican Museum, Italy. The Getty Villa, USA.	Kleiner, Chp. 5. Kleiner, Chp. 10 Kleiner, Chp. 12
6	Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo Periods. Museums: Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Borghese Gallery, Italy. Galleria dell’Academia.	Kleiner, Chp. 21 & 22. (For Rococo; pls check Chp. 29)
7	Neoclassicism. Romanticism. Realism. Museums: Tate Gallery, London. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, USA. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. * Short Essay submission on Blackboard on the day of Lecture.	Kleiner, Chp. 29 & 30.
8	Impressionism. Post-Impressionism. Museums: Orsay Museum, Paris. Musée Rodin, Paris. Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum. Musée de L’Orangerie, Paris. * Artist choice for the Presentation is finalized on Google Doc.	Kleiner, Chp. 31.
9	Fauvism. Cubism. Museums: Museum Of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. Picasso Museum, Paris. * Museum of Modern Art Documentary.	Kleiner, Chp. 35.
10	Dadaism. Surrealism. Museums: Baltimore Museum of Art, USA The Art Institute of Chicago, USA. Yale Art Gallery, USA.	Kleiner, Chp. 35.
11	Abstract Expressionism. Pop Art. Contemporary Art. Museums: Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain.	Kleiner, Chp. 36.
12	Midterm. * Submission of Presentations on Blackboard.
13	Student Presentations (1)
14	Student Presentations (2)
15	Semester Review
16	Semester Review

Course Notes/Textbooks

Kleiner, Fred S. (2009) Gardner’s Art through the Ages, A Global History. Wadsworth. (13^th ed.)

* Supplementary reading materials will be provided by the instructor on a weekly basis through Blackboard.

Suggested Readings/Materials

http ://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/

https://americanindian.si.edu/static/exhibitions/infinityofnations/

http://quaibranly.fr,

https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/pergamonmuseum/home.html ,

www.namuseum.gr, https://www.namuseum.gr/en/,

http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/4/eh41.jsp?obj_id=7844,

https://historiska.se/home/ ,

https://hk.history.museum/en_US/web/mh/

https://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/en/

http://www.bdlmuseum.org/, https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london,

https://www.uffizi.it/en/the-uffizi

https://galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/en/

https://www.metmuseum.org/

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en, https://www.louvre.fr/en,

https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/

https://www.vam.ac.uk/

https://hk.art.museum/en_US/web/ma/home.html,

https://www.moma.org/

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en,

http://en.chnmuseum.cn/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

https://www.tnm.jp/?lang=en,

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

https://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.com/,

https://www.vasamuseet.se/en,

http://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/mtraje/inicio.html

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	25
Presentation / Jury	1	35
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	40
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	3	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	30	30
Presentation / Jury	1	30	30
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	30	30
Final Exam			0
		Total	180

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
3	To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes.	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution.	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice.	-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public.	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies.	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process.	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-