HISTORY
The program was established in 1986 by Prof. Dr. Semra Ögel, who was then the Chair of the History of Architecture department, with the help of ITU Architecture Faculty’s History of Architecture professors. It has been established with the aim of providing students with a broad perspective on art and its history.
Graduates of our program carry on their profession in notable domestic and international positions. Most graduates work as writers, art gallery specialists, and academic staff in state and private universities.
OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAMME
The objective of Art History Graduate Programme is to establish a critical art history education in broad perspective with interdisciplinary approach. For this reason, the programme includes in its syllabus art history courses starting from the Ancient periods, continuing with Byzantine, Seljukian, Ottoman, Turkish Republican and modern arts. It is also aimed not only to provide the students with a historical background, but also to help them grasp theoretical approches.
The graduate programme accepts candidates who hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in art history, as well as other disciplines such as archaeology, sociology, philosophy, psychology, history, literature, journalism and communication, industrial design, law, architecture, visual and performing arts and others that can be related with art history. The programme follows the interdisciplinary approach as an educational method and encourages students to develop an analytical and critical view in order to combine their undergraduate knowledge together with the language, concepts and methods of history of art into the production of an original M.A. thesis.
- STRUCTURE
* 24 credits and a completed master’s thesis are needed to graduate
* All courses have 3+0 credits.
* 50% of all credits must obtained from compulsory courses.
* In addition to 4 compulsory courses, at least 4 elective courses must be chosen.
* 30% of the courses must be in English.
* The program is operated according to ITU Graduate Education Directive.
LIST OF COURSES
Compulsory
Fall Term
STR504 Research Methods in Art History
STR525E Art History and Culture
STR588 Seminer
Spring Term
STR506 Yapıt Çözümlemeleri
STR521 Sanat Teorileri
STR596 Seminer
Elective
Fall Term
STR501 Eleştirel Düşünme
STR505 Minyatürde Görsel ve Sözel İmge
STR514 Batılılaşma Dönemi Türk Resmi
STR515E Creating and Representing Trends
STR525E Art History and Culture
Spring Term
STR502E Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics
STR508E Contemporary Art
STR510 Sanat ve Eleştiri
STR511E Iconography in Byzantine and European Art
STR512E Westernization in Ottoman Art
STR516 Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiyesinde Görsel Sanatlar
STR518 Tarih Araştırmaları: Geç Osmanlı Dönemi
STR520 Uzakdoğu Sanatları
STR521 Sanat Teorileri
STR524 Ortaçağ İslam Ülkelerinde Bezeme
STR526 Antik Mimarlıkta Dekorasyon
STR530 Bahçe Sanatı Tarihi
ACADEMIC STAFF
Prof.Dr. Zeynep KUBAN (Head of Department)
Prof.Dr. Turgut SANER
Prof.Dr. İlknur KOLAY
Doç.Dr. Aygül AĞIR
Doç.Dr. Gülname Turan
Öğr.Gör.Dr. V.Gül CEPHANECİGİL
Öğr.Gör.Dr. Deniz ÇALIŞIR PENÇE
GUEST LECTURERS (ITU)
Doç. Dr. Geoff BOVE
Öğr. Gör. Dr. Aslıhan ERKMEN BİRKANDAN
Doç. Dr. Çiğdem KAYA
Öğr. Gör. Dr. Ayşe Hilal UĞURLU
GUEST LECTURERS (RETIRED)
Prof.Dr. Ayla ÖDEKAN
Prof.Dr. Semra ÖGEL
Prof.Dr. Afife BATUR
Prof.Dr. Filiz ÖZER
GUEST LECTURERS (OTHER UNIVERSITIES)
Prof.Dr. Evangelia ŞARLAK (Işık Üniversitesi)
Y.Doç.Dr. Zerrin İren BOYNUDELİK (Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi)
Doç.Dr. Oğuz HAŞLAKOĞLU (Aydın Üniversitesi)
Öğr.Gör.Dr. Miyuki Aoki GIRARDELLI (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi)
Ali ARTUN
COMMITTEE
Prof.Dr. Zeynep KUBAN
Prof.Dr. İlknur KOLAY
Doç.Dr. Aygül AĞIR