Information Package / Course Catalogue
Tile and Ceramic Art I
Course Code: SAT211
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To recognize ceramic construction and embellishment techniques, interpret and examine the styles according to the periods. To describe the beginning and development of the tile and ceramic culture which is one of the most important decorative elements of the Turkish-Islamic art, chronologically

Course Content

In this course, the emergence of the Turkish-Islamic ceramic art, development of the course will be examined.The architecture and implementation of the Abbasid, Samanoğulları, Fatimid and Ayyubid Period of the Great Seljuk and ceramic art in terms of techniques and motifs, and the subject will be examined in detail.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Osman ÜLKÜ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend ceramic construction and decoration techniques
2.To be able to describe the historical development of ceramics , which is the most important decorative element of the Turkish-Islamic art
3.To be able to recognize the ceramic and tile motifs and themes chronologically and identify the similarities and differences.
4.To be able to explain the the source and origin of ceramic art and evaluate the effects of it on the Anatolian Turkish ceramic art
5.Recognize Anatolian Turkish ceramics and tile samples.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.GRUBE, E., Islamic pottery of the eighth to the fifteenth century in the Keir Collection, London: Faber and Faber, 1976.
2.GRUBE, E., Cobalt and lustre: The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery, London : Nour Foundation, 1994.
3.LANE, A., Later islamic pottery;Persia,Syria,Egypt,Turkey, London: Faber and Faber, 1957.
4.LANE, A., Later islamic pottery;Persia,Syria,Egypt,Turkey, London: Faber and Faber, 1957.
5.LANE, A., Early islamic pottery: Mesopotamia,Egypt and Persia, London: Faber and Faber, 1965.
6.ÖNEY, G., Türk Çini Ve Seramik Sanatı, Yapı Kredi Bankası Yayını, İstanbul 1976.
7.ÖNEY, G., İslam Mimarisinde Çini, , Ada Yayıncılık, İzmir 1987.
8.WATSON, O., Ceramics From Islamic Lands, New York 2004
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of ceramics (clay, slip and glaze explanations of terms, ceramic kiln, and oven baking to give information about materials) made about the Turkish-Islamic ceramics publications and information about the excavations.
Week 2 - Theoretical
In the construction and decoration techniques, with examples of Turkish-Islamic ceramics Description (molding / relief, briefs, sigraffito techniques).
Week 3 - Theoretical
In the construction and decoration techniques, with examples of Turkish-Islamic ceramics Description (Champleve, luster and Mina techniques).
Week 4 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Abbasid period (technique, form, and stylistic scrutiny) (accompanied by visual materials)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Samanian period (technically, the form and stylistic scrutiny) (accompanied by visual materials)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Fatimid period. (technical, forms and stylistic scrutiny) (accompanied by visual materials)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Great Seljuk period (technically, the form and stylistic scrutiny) Lustre ceramics (with visual materials)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Great Seljuk period (technically, the form and stylistic scrutiny) Minai ceramics (with visual materials)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Great Seljuk period (technically, the form and stylistic scrutiny) Lacvardina, relief, and openwork ceramics (with visual materials)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Great Seljuk period (technically, the form and stylistic scrutiny) tUnder glaze pottery (with visual materials)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Great Seljuk period (technically, the form and stylistic scrutiny) Champleve and Sigraffito ceramics (with visual materials)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Tile art of the Great Seljuk period (technique, form, and stylistic scrutiny) examples of the architecture is implemented (with visual materials)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Ayyubids period (technique, form, and stylistic scrutiny), laqabi type and lustre ceramics, (accompanied by visual materials)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ceramic art of the Ayyubids period (technique, form, and stylistic scrutiny) teknikli underglaze ceramics (with visual materials)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Reading100110
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination112113
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026