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Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
FEL119 - Philosophy of Art I. SEMESTER 2 +0 3.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) ARAŞ. GÖR. UMUT SUNKAR
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.
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Week - 1 Introduction to philosophy and philosophy of art, basic concepts
Week - 2 Philosophy of art in Ancient Greece: Plato and the theory of mimesis (imitation)
Week - 3 Aristotle and the catharsis (purification) function of art
Week - 4 Art and aesthetics in Christian and Islamic philosophy in the Middle Ages
Week - 5 Philosophy of art in the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods
Week - 6 Immanuel Kant and aesthetic judgment, concepts of beauty and sublimity
Week - 7 Midterm Exam (Practice / Philosophical Text Analysis)
Week - 8 Hegel and philosophy of art in the Romantic period
Week - 9 Friedrich Nietzsche and the spiritual (geist) dimension of art
Week - 10 Apollonian and Dionysian approaches to art in Arthur Schopenhauer
Week - 11 20th Century philosophy of art: Martin Heidegger and the origin of the work of art
Week - 12 Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno and art in the age of mechanical reproduction
Week - 13 Postmodernism, deconstruction and contemporary art theories
Week - 14 Turkish-Islamic philosophy of art and aesthetic perception in traditional arts

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