Artist's Book (GRT414) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Artist's Book	GRT414	Area Elective	2	2	0	3	6

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Asst. Prof. Dr. Doğu Gündoğdu
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	Designing and producing an artist book.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; - Explains the history of the book. - Discusses the concept of the artist book. - Recognizes the stage of solving design problems in book format. - Analyzes the problem and does the necessary research. - Generates ideas about possible solutions with sketches and models. - Finds and applies the most appropriate one among the ideas developed. - They try printing techniques suitable for the idea. - Uses various printing and reproduction techniques effectively in the application of the developed ideas. - Recognizes the necessary format, folding and binding techniques. - Uses these techniques to visualize the idea. - Reaches the visual designed in idea sketches and models. - Handles the book as a form of transmission. - defends the idea. - responds to criticism. - exhibits and presents visual expansions that support the idea. - Presents and criticizes the designed visual. - Learns the stages of transferring technical information into book form. - Recognizes printing and reproduction derivatives and techniques. - Tries different production techniques. - Presents the project he/she produced.
Course Content	History of the book, book art and artist book, artist book production methods, artist book design, artist book production, exhibit of artist books.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Course description, aim, teaching style and examples.
2	Topic identification and theoretical and practical research on this topic.
3	Sketching the researches made
4	Sketch studies
5	Sketch studies
6	Experimental examples: Work on applications based on the use of different techniques separately and in combination
7	Midterm Exam
8	Identification of original applications with inferences from experimental applications
9	Researching and experimenting with different materials and paper types
10	Book shaping and sizing studies, model study
11	Design Applications
12	Design Applications
13	Design Applications
14	Completing the applications and transforming them into handmade book format: Collation and binding techniques
15	Discussion and evaluation on applications, Presentation of applications
16	General Examination

Sources

Other Sources	1. • Albert Labarre, Kitabın Tarihi, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1995
	2. • Bülent Erkmen ve Diğerleri, “Bir Kitabın Organları.” Geçmişiyle gelecek arasındakıvranan sanat: Çağdaşlık Sorunları. Salı Toplantıları, YKY, İstanbul, 1993
	3. • Doğu Gündoğdu, Sanat objesi olarak kitap ve alternatif fotoğrafçılık teknikleri kullanılarak sanatçı kitabı tasarlanması, hacettepe Üniversitesi, 2017, Ankara
	4. • Emre Becer, İletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, İnklap Kitapevi, istanbul, 2004
	5. • Fatma Türe ve Heyet, Kitap Üzerine Anatomi Dersleri: kalemşörlere ve harfperestleredair, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1993
	6. • Johanna Durcker, The Century of Artist’s Books, Grannary Books, New York, 1995
	7. • John O’Reilly, Experimantal Formats, RotoVision, Mies, 2001
	8. • Melike Taşcıoğlu, Bir Görsel İletişim Platformu Olarak Kitap, Yem Yayınları,İstanbul, 2013
	9. • Orhan Öcal, Kitabın Evrimi, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Ankara, 1971
	10. • Stefan Klima, Artists Books: A Critical Survey of the Literature, Granary Books, NewYork, 1998
	11. • T. Fikret Uçar, Görsel İletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, İnklap Kitapevi, İstanbul, 2004

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Project	2	50
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	-	-
Final Exam/Final Jury	-	-
Toplam	2	50

Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work	100
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Acquires Art and Design culture and aesthetic knowledge, theoretical and applied knowledge about the discipline.				X
2	Knows the legal regulations and processes about Art and Design.
3	Has knowledge about interdisciplinary interaction associated with the relevant field of Art and Design.				X
4	Describes the concepts, ideas, facts, and problems related with the field; perceives, designs, and applies them multi-dimensionally.				X
5	Evaluates interaction with sub-disciplines related with the field, uses the information creatively.				X
6	Works, undertakes responsibility, and carries out plans individually and as a group member.				X
7	Identifies the learning requirements about the field, and directs his learning within a lifelong sense of social conscience.				X
8	Uses information and communication technologies required by the field at least at an advanced level of Europe Computer Literacy License.
9	Follows new information relevant with the field and communicates with colleagues using a foreign language (Europe Language Portfolio General Level: B1 Level).
10	Creates projects supporting solution suggestions to problems in his field with qualified and quantified data; shares them with experts and non-experts.
11	Converts concrete and abstract concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original products, analyzes the acquired information and skills with a critical approach.				X
12	Is aware of national and international values of art and design, and acts in accordance with ethical values.				X
13	Has knowledge, equipment, and aesthetic awareness about art culture and history that is necessary for carrying out successful studies related with the discipline.
14	Has enough awareness about the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture, and protection of cultural values and environment, occupational health and safety.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	4	64
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	10	4	40
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	3	10	30
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	8	8
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	8	8
Total Workload			150