Information Package / Course Catalogue
Islamic Art I
Course Code: SAT111
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 teach the culture and art of this period with examples, laying the foundations of first term Islamic Culture and Art and architecture (the Prophet and the Four Caligraphs), its maintenance during the Umayyad period.

Course Content

The development process of Islamic culture, art and architecture in the period of the Umayyad Caliphate ,the Prophet and the Four Caligraphs,the emergence of Islamic art within the birth of Islam

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Osman ÜLKÜ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the emergence of Islamic art and the resources affected by outsiders.
2.To be able to make comparison between pre-and post-Islamic cultures.
3.To be able to comprehend the early Islamic mosque architecture.
4.To be able to gain the ability to present the occurrence and spread of Islamic art in a chronological framework
5.Chronological framework for the formation and propagation in the field of Islamic art to offer the ability to be won.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.AĞIRMEN, Mustafa, Hz. Muhammed Devrinde Mescid ve Fonksiyonları, İstanbul 1997.
2.CRESWEL, K.A.C., Early Muslim Architecture I II, Oxford 1940.
3.CRESWEL, K.A.C., The Muslim Architecture I II, Oxford 1952.
4.ÇAM, Nusret, İslamda Sanat Sanatda İslam, Ankara 2008.
5.EL-FARUKI, İ.R. - EL-FARUKI, L.L., İslam Kültür Atlası, İstanbul 1997.
6.GODARD, Andrea, İsfahan, Londra 1937.
7.GRABAR, Oleg, İslam Sanatının Oluşumu, İstanbul 1990.
8.HAMİDULLAH, Muhammed, İslam Peygamberi Hayatı ve Eseri, İstanbul 2004.
9.KÖNEMANN (Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius), İslam Sanatı ve Mimarisi, İstanbul 2000.
10.ÜNSAL, Behçet, Turkish İslamic Architecture, London 1959.
11.YETKİN, Suut Kemal, İslam Mimarisi, Ankara 1959.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The emergence of Islam, the Kaaba
Week 2 - Theoretical
Its importance and factors affecting the development of Islamic art
Week 3 - Theoretical
Its importance and factors affecting the development of Islamic art
Week 4 - Theoretical
Amr b. As Mosque, Kubbetü’s-Sahra, Al-Aqsa Mosque
Week 5 - Theoretical
Dımışk Umeyyed Mosque
Week 6 - Theoretical
Emeviye Mosque, Halep Great Mosgue, Hama Great Mosgue
Week 7 - Theoretical
General Characteristics of Umayyad art (Midterm Exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Kasr-ul Mashatta palace
Week 9 - Theoretical
Kasr-ül Hayr-ül Garbi and Kasr-ül Hayr-ül Şarki Palaces
Week 10 - Theoretical
Establishment and Cultural Structure of the Abbasid State
Week 11 - Theoretical
Founded city of Bağdat end Architecture
Week 12 - Theoretical
Foundation city of Samerra
Week 13 - Theoretical
Tolunoğlu Ahmet Mosque
Week 14 - Theoretical
Samarra Grand Mosque
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment1819
Reading100220
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination19110
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
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-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
4
OÇ-3
4
OÇ-4
4
OÇ-5
3
4
4
5
3
5
3
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026