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  1. Faculty of Fine Arts
  2. Department of Painting
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  4. Art Psychology
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Last Updated: 08/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
PSİ303 - Art Psychology III. SEMESTER 2 +0 3.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) ÖĞR. GÖR. IŞILTAN ATAMAN TİRYAKİ
Mode of Delivery Mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
Place of Delivery On Campus
Used Educational Platforms Online
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is not any recommended optional programme for this course
Recommended Resources 1. Freud, Haz İlkesinin Ötesinde, Ben ve İd2. Didier Anzieu, Freud’un Otoanalizi ve Psikanalizin Keşfi3. Melanie Klein, Haset ve Şükran4. Lacan, Psikanalizin Dört temel Kavramı5. Saffet Murat Tura, Freud’dan Lacan’a Psikanaliz
Work Placement There is not any work placement for this course.
Aims of the Course The aim of this course is to examine the fundamental concepts of psychoanalytic thought from Freud to Lacan and to explore their reflections in artistic production, the artist, the image, and the viewer.

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Introduction to the psychology of art Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 2 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 The unconscious, repression, and drives in Freud Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 3 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Dreams, fantasy, and symbolic representation Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 4 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 The artist, creativity, and sublimation in Freud Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 5 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 The uncanny and artistic representation Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 6 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Pleasure, repetition, and the death drive in Freud Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 7 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Fundamental methods of psychoanalytic interpretation of art Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 8 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Midterm examination / general evaluation Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 9 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Introduction to Lacan: the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 10 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 The mirror stage, the self, and the image Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 11 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Desire, lack, and objet petit a in Lacan Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 12 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 The gaze, vision, and the viewer in Lacanian theory Lecture Discussion
Week - 13 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Psychoanalysis, contemporary art, and visual culture Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 14 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Comparison of Freud’s and Lacan’s approaches to art and general evaluation Lecture Question & Answer Discussion

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Final Exam 1 60
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