Information Package / Course Catalogue
The Portrait Art in the Ancient Age I
Course Code: ARKE611
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aims of this course, to evaluate the portraiture of antiquity, fashion, trend, features of the period, explanations the developments and dating criteria of portraiture.

Course Content

Antiquity portraiture will be discussed in light of periodic assessments, evaluation of portrait types and portraits of Roman emperors.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.1. Effective events that in the emergence of portraiture in ancient period.
2.2. The following fashion and trends of portraiture.
3.3. Portraiture in the public and civil areas.
4.4. Portraits of Roman emperors.
5.5. Regional portrait sculpture.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. A.Linfert, Kunstzentern Hellenistischer Zeit, Studien An Weiblichen Gewandfıguren, 1. Aufl, Wiesbaden, 1976.
2.2. B. S. Ridgway, Hellenistic Sculpture II, The Styles of ca. 200 – 100 B.C. Wisconsin, 1990.
3.3. D. Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, Yale University, 1992.
4.4. J. İnan-E. Alföldi Rosenbaum, Römische and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, 1960.
5.5. J. İnan-E. Alföldi Rosenbaum, Römische und Frih Byzantinische Portrait Plastik aus der Türkei, Neue Funde, Text-Tafeln, 1979.
6.6. O. Akşit, Roma İmparatorluk Tarihi, İstanbul, 1985.
7.7. R. B. Brown, Royal Portraits in Sculpture and Coins, 1995.
8.8. R. R. R. Smith, Hellenistik Heykel, İstanbul, 2002.
9.9. T. Pekary, Das Römische Kaiserbildnis in Staat, Kult und Gesellschaft, Berlin, 1985.
10.10. R. Horn, Stehende Weibliche Gewandstatuen in der Hellenistischen Plastik, München, 1931.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Scope of the course and the resources will be discussed.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Formation and the examples of early portraits.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Portraits of the Classical Period.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Portraits of Perikles.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Portraits of the philosophers.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Portraits of Alexander the Great.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Portraits of the Hellenistic Period.
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Commander portraits and the types.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Portraits of the Pergamon Kingdom.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Portraits of the commanders of Alexander the Great.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Portraits of men and women in the Hellenistic period.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Portraits of the late Hellenistic period.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Portraits of 1th century B.C.
Week 15 - Theoretical
Portraits of Fayum.
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Week 17 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment80648
Project17512
Reading150115
Individual Work100220
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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2026