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  1. Faculty of Fine Arts
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  4. Philosophy of Art I
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Last Updated: 08/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
FEL203 - Philosophy of Art I III. SEMESTER 2 +0 3.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇENT GÜLÇİN KARACA
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
Place of Delivery On Campus
Used Educational Platforms Face-to-face
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 Plato, The Republic and Ion; Aristotle, Poetics; Augustine, Confessions and On Music; Pseudo-Dionysius, The Divine Names; Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae.
Work Placement N/A
Aims of the Course The aim of this course is to examine the fundamental concepts of the philosophy of art from Plato and Aristotle to medieval philosophy, with particular emphasis on mimesis, tragedy, goodness, and beauty, and to discuss the place of art within philosophical thought.

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Week - 1 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Introduction to the philosophy of art: fundamental concepts and problems Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 2 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Art and beauty in Ancient Greek thought Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Problem Solving
Week - 3 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Art, mimesis, and representation in Plato Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 4 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Aristoteles’te mimesis kavramı Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 5 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 The concept of mimesis in Aristotle Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 6 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Tragedy and catharsis in Aristotle’s Poetics Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 7 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Comparison of Plato’s and Aristotle’s approaches to art Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Problem Solving
Week - 8 Ara sınav / genel değerlendirme
Week - 9 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Art and beauty in Hellenistic and Late Antique thought Lecture Discussion
Week - 10 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Beauty, order, and measure in Augustine Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 11 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Divine beauty and aesthetic thought in Pseudo-Dionysius Lecture Discussion Problem Solving
Week - 12 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Beauty, goodness, and proportion in Thomas Aquinas Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Problem Solving
Week - 13 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 Art, craft, and the concept of the artist in the Middle Ages Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 14 LO-1 LO-5 LO-6 The transformation of the concept of art from Antiquity to the Middle Ages and general evaluation Lecture Question & Answer Discussion

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1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100

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