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  1. Faculty of Fine Arts
  2. Department of Sculpture
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  4. Mythology and Sculpture I
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Last Updated: 24/02/2025

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
HYK315 - Mythology and Sculpture I V. SEMESTER 2 +0 3.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ HASAN ÇİMENCİ
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources "Sanatın Mitolojisi" - İsmail GEZGİN, "Mitoloji ve İkonografi" - Bedrettin CÖMERT, “Mitoloji Sözlüğü" - Azra ERHAT, “Classical Myths in Sculpture" - Walter Raymond AGARD, “Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period & The Late Classical Period” - John BOARDMAN, "History of the Art of Antiquity" - Johann J. WINCKELMANN, ”Heykeller Konuşabilseydi: Antik Yunan Heykeltıraşlık Sanatına Toplumsal Açıdan Bir Bakış” - Serra DURUGÖNÜL, “Art and the Committed Eye: The Cultural Functions of Imagery” - Richard LEPPERT, “Myth and Meaning” - Claude LÉVY-STRAUSS“Mitolojiden Alegoriye” - Zühre INDIRKAS, "Sembol ve Anlam: Batı Resminde Kutsalın Temsili" - Serap YÜZGÜLLER, “Eski Yunan ve Roma Tarihine Giriş” - Oğuz TEKIN, “Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks" - Robert GARLAND, “Theogony and Works and Days” - HESIOD, “The Iliad & The Odyssey” - HOMER, “Bibliotheca” - APOLLODOROS, “Aeneid” - VIRGIL, “Metamorphoses I-XV” - OVID
Work Placement Not available for the course.
Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introduction to course structure, sources, and assessment criteria
Week - 2 Life and belief in the prehistoric era: the role of belief in human evolution
Week - 3 Culture and art in the prehistoric era: image and reality in primitive societies
Week - 4 Definition, types, and importance of mythology: concepts of ancestor and nature cult, shamanism, totemism, animism, and anthropomorphism
Week - 5 The birth of gods and the world in Greek Mythology
Week - 6 Titanomachy and Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology
Week - 7 MIDTERM: Student presentations
Week - 8 Greek mythological pantheon: Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hermes, Apollon, and Dionysus
Week - 9 Greek mythological pantheon: Athena, Artemis, and Aphrodite
Week - 10 Life and culture in Ancient Greece (Geometric, Oriental, and Archaic periods)
Week - 11 The Classical sculpture tradition in Ancient Greece and the Parthenon of Athens
Week - 12 The Hellenistic sculpture tradition in Ancient Greece and the Pergamon Altar of Zeus
Week - 13 Mythology and art of the sacred: creation, original sin, Mary and Jesus
Week - 14 FINAL: Assignment submission and written exam

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 40
Homework 1 30
Toplam (%) 100

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