Lesson plan / ARTS AND POLITICS

Lesson Information

Course Credit 2.0
Course ECTS Credit 4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Programme Elective
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? S
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course This course aims to present the relationship and interaction of the aesthetic with politics in a historical perspective. In this process, the connection of art with power will be explained in the framework of the functionalization of art and contemporary art expansions
Course Content In this course, historical process of protectionism of art is defined through the art and power relations and social transformation processes in the world and Turkey

Weekly Course Subjects

1Course description and introduction to the relation betweetn arts and power.
2Historical look at the concept of artist and arts protectionism
3Historical developments in Western Europe and the foundaiton of the national museums
4Westernisation in Ottoman Period and the arts
5Artistic transformations in early Republican period
6Arts market in early Republican period
7Democratic Party period and artistic developments
8Midterm exam
9Period between 1960-1970 and artistic developments in Turkey and the world
10Effects of political movements on the arts worldvide and in Turkey
11Effects of globalisation on the arts
12Student homeworks and presentations
13The relation between the sponsorship and the political power in international and contemporary artistic activities
14Public space, everyday life and the arts

Resources

1- Ahmet OKTAY, Sanat ve Siyaset. Everest Yayınları, 2004.
2- Ali ARTUN (Ed.), Sanat Siyaset. Kültür Çağında Sanat ve Kültürel Politika. İletişim Yayınevi, 2011.
3- Meral ÖZBEK, Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski. İletişim Yayınevi, 2010.
4- Nilüfer ÖNDİN, Cumhuriyet’in Kültür Politikası ve Sanat 1923-1950. İnsancıl Yayınevi, 2003.
5-Zeynep YASA YAMAN, “Siyasi/Estetik Gösterge” Olarak Kamusal Alanda Anıt ve Heykel”. METU JFA, 2011/1.