Information Package / Course Catalogue
Philosophy of Art
Course Code: FEL216
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

In this course, the basic concepts, arguments and problems of philosophy of art and philosophical aesthetics will be discussed.

Course Content

Sanat felsefesi, felsefi estetik, sanat kuramı, sanat eleştirisi ve sanat tarihi disiplinleri arasındaki çok boyutlu ve dinamik ilişki. Alanın önde gelen filozoflarının düşünceleri ve çalışmaları.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Res. Assist. Selvihan SELVİ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to participate in the basic debates of the philosophy of art.
2.To be able to engage in the basic debates of philosophical aesthetics.
3.To have insight into the multidimensional and dynamic relationships between philosophy of art, philosophical aesthetics, art history, art theory, art criticism and various disciplines that center on the empirical study of art and aesthetics.
4.To engage with the philosophical thought of leading philosophers of philosophy of art and philosophical aesthetics through a detailed study of their texts.
5.To enhance the ability to understand, evaluate and discuss philosophical texts.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi, Soykan, N. Ömer (2019) İstanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat.
2.Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri, Moran, Berna (2004) İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık.
3.Sanatın İcadı Bir Kültür Tarihi, Shiner, Larry (2004) Çev. İsmail Türkmen, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
4.Sanat ve Estetik Bolla, Peter de (2006) Çev. Kubilay Koş, İstanbul:Ayrıntı Yayınları.
5.Sanat, Farago, France (2006) Çev. Özcan Doğan, Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları.
6.Sanatın Öyküsü, Gombrich, E. H İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
7.Estetik, Tunalı, İsmail (1998) İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
8.Estetiğin İdeolojisi Eagleton, Terry., çev…. İstanbul: Doruk Yayımcılık.
9.Homo Esteticus Demokrasi Çağında Beğeninin İcadı, Ferry, Luc (2012) İstanbul: Pinhan.
10.Kant Estetiği, Altuğ, Taylan (2016) genişletilmiş üçüncü basım. İstanbul: Payel Yayınevi.
11.Son Bakışta Sanat, Altuğ, Taylan (2012), İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
12.Grek Estetiği, Tunalı, İsmail (2022) Ankara: Fol .
13.Ortaçağ Estetiğinde Sanat ve Güzellik Eco, Umberto (2009) İstanbul: Can Yayınları.
14.Rönesans Estetiği Castelli, Patrizia Dost Kitapevi Yayınları.
15.Aesthetics a Comprehensive Anthology (Second Edition), edited by Cahn, M, S., Ross, S., Shapshay, S (2020): Wiley Blackwell.
16.The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics (Third Edition), edited by Gaut, B., Lopes, M, D (2013): Routledge.
17.Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, edited by Kelly, M (1998): Oxford University Press.
18.A History of Modern Aesthetics Volume I, II, III, Guyer, Paul (2014): Cambridge University Press.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the problematics of the course.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Discussion of the possibility, limits and autonomy of aesthetic experience. Critical analysis and evaluation of the concepts of aesthetic subject, object, attitude/distance, pleasure, experience, taste, judgment, idea and value.
Week 3 - Theoretical
A discussion on the origin or antecedents of art: magic, myth, religion, collective labor, play. A discussion on the ontological structural elements of art: Pathos, tekhne, mimesis, poiesis.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Tracing the “fine arts” notion from antiquity to the present day in the context of the art/craft distinction.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Classification of arts from antiquity to the present.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Discussion of the nature of art: imitation/mirroring, expression, creation, revelation.
Week 7 - Theoretical
General review.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus' philosophical views on art and beauty.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque art and beauty concepts.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Modern rationalist and empiricist theories of aesthetics.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Kant and Critique of the Power of Judgment.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Schelling and Hegel's philosophical views on art and beauty.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Schiller, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche's philosophical views on art and beauty.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Selections from contemporary philosophers.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140342
Quiz130232
Final Examination130232
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)148
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
5
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026