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  1. Graduate School
  2. Department of Printmaking
  3. Proficiency in Art in Printmaking
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  5. Text of Criticism
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Last Updated: 19/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
BAS604 - Text of Criticism I. SEMESTER 2 +0 7.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. KİBAR EVREN BOLAT
Mode of Delivery This course will only face-to-face training.
Place of Delivery On Campus
Used Educational Platforms Face-to-face
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended -SAN601 Art Theories- RSM601 Artistic Analysis- ser603 Contemporary Art and Interpretation courses are recommended because of the fact that the texts of the Critical Texts course are supportive.
Recommended Resources ADORNO, Theodor W. Kültür Endüstrisi: Kültür Yönetimi. Çeviren Mustafa Özbek, Nihat Ülner ve Mustafa Tüzel, İletişim Yayınları, 2025.BARRETT Terry, Why Is That Art: Aesthetics and Criticism of Contemporary Art, New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.BENJAMİN, Walter. Pasajlar. Çeviren Ahmet Cemal, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2026.BERGER, John. Görme Biçimleri. Çeviren Yurdanur Salman, Metis Yayınları, 2024.ERİNÇ Sıtkı M., Resmin Eleştirisi Üzerine, 3. Baskı, Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi, 2004.ERKMAN Fatma, Göstergebilime Giriş, İstanbul: Alan Yayıncılık, 1987.FELDMAN Edmund Burke, Varieties of Visual Experience, New York: H.N. Abrams, 1992.FREUD Sigmund, Sanat ve Sanatçılar Üzerine, Çev: Kamuran Şipal, 2. Baskı, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2001.FREVİLLE Jean-PLEHANOV Georgi, Sosyalist Açıdan Toplum, Sanat ve Eleştiri, Çev: Asım Bezirci, 4. Basım, İstanbul: Yön Yayın, 1991.MORAN Berna, Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri, 10. Baskı, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2003.MURRAY Chris, Yirminci Yüzyılda Sanatı Okuyanlar, Çev: Suğra Öncü, İstanbul: Sel Yayınları, 2009.PANOFSKY Erwin, İkonografi ve İkonoloji: Renaıssance Sanatının İncelenmesine Giriş, Çev: Engin Akyürek, İstanbul: AFA Yayıncılık, 1995.RİFAT Mehmet, Gösterge Eleştirisi, 2. Baskı, İstanbul: Tavanarası Yayıncılık, 2002.SARUP Madan, Post Yapısalcılık ve Postmodernizm, Çev: A. Baki Güçlü, Ankara: Ark Yayınevi, 1995. TUNALI İsmail, Marksist Estetik, 3. Basım, İstanbul: Kaynak Yayınları, 2003.TÜKEL Uşun, Resmin Dili: İkonografiden Göstergebilime, İstanbul: Homer Kitabevi, 2005.WOLFF Theodor ve GEAHİGAN George, Art Criticism and Education, Chicago: University of Illınois Press, 1997
Work Placement N/A
Aims of the Course The aim of this course is for students in the Proficiency in Art program to acquire academic-level text analysis skills by comprehending the fundamental theories, methods, and types of criticism within the literature of art criticism. The course aims for the student to approach their own artistic production through an objective method of self-criticism, as well as to analyze contemporary and historical artworks using a theoretical methodology.

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 LO-1 Course Overview: Questions, Methods, and Expectations Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 2 LO-1 LO-2 Criticism in the Historical Process: Value Criteria and Transformation Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 3 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Formalist Criticism Method, Form-Oriented Critical Texts Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 4 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Critical Texts Focusing on Social Context and the Sociology of Art Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 5 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Critical Theory, Mass Culture, and Frankfurt School Texts Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 6 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Feminist Criticism Texts Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 7 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Psychoanalytic Approach in Art and Its Literature Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 8 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Semiotic Criticism Texts and the Reading of the Image Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 9 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Post-Structuralist Discourse and Literature Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 10 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Deconstructive Criticism Texts and the Fragmentation of Artistic Discourse Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 11 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Postmodern Critical Texts and Simulation Theory Lecture Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 12 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Institutional Critique Literature Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 13 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 New Media, the Internet Age, and Network Aesthetics Texts Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 14 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 LO-6 Writing a Critical Text on a Work of Art Critique/Critical Reading Practice/Practical Work/Workshop

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

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