ARCH 211 Architectural History II (3-0)3 – ECTS: 4                       

Prof. Dr. Ali Uzay Peker (01) (course coordinator) (peker@metu.edu.tr)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci (02) (enginsoy@metu.edu.tr)

Course Description:
This course visits architectural history in its manifestations in the periods of Islamic Middle Ages (Ottoman era included), Renaissance and Baroque. The course is designed to be an introductory survey for the second year architecture students, henceforth basics of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque architectural history such as elementary terminology, concepts and cultural backgrounds are given through visual material in class and one trip to Istanbul. Instructors teach with power point presentations. Students are expected to select and read relevant sources from the reading lists before and/or after the teaching sessions. The course concentrates on the functional, cultural, geographical and structural factors that led to specific architectural designs and on the evolution of the latter.

1. Elementary terminology and concepts on the architecture of the Islamic lands, Renaissance and Baroque;
2. Introduction to the architectural forms, types, typologies, building technologies and materials in due periods;
3. Development and evolution of architectural forms along historical epochs.

1. Differentiate buildings and designs appeared in Islamic, Renaissance and Baroque periods;
2. Make general statements about architectural settings in due ages in terms of style, typology and symbolism;
3. Explain relationship between social change, cosmology and architecture;
4. Read general architectural history texts.

Tasks:
Weekly readings, two mid-term exams, final exam, regular attendance (%70 strictly controlled), active participation in the class, partaking in the İstanbul trip (requisite), trip log-book/portfolio.

Grading and Attendance:
First Mid-Term Exam: 32.5%; Second Mid-Term Exam: 32,5% (Log-book: 10% added); Final examination: 35%; Attandance lower than 70% is graded NA.

Schedule
Islamic Architecture: Beginnings / Emevid Architecture (Prof. Dr. Ali Uzay Peker)

Abbasid Architecture / Seljuk Architecture in Iran (Prof. Dr. Ali Uzay Peker)

Seljuk Architecture in Anatolia (Prof. Dr. Ali Uzay Peker)

Architecture of the Turkish Emirates  I (14th -15th c.) (Prof. Dr. Ali Uzay Peker)

First Mid-Term Exam (themes instructed up to the first mid-term exam day)

Ottoman Architecture in the Sixteenth Century (Prof. Dr. Ali Uzay Peker)

Study Trip to İstanbul (Two days)

Ottoman Architecture in the Eighteenth Century (Prof. Dr. Ali Uzay Peker)

Second Mid-Term Exam (themes instructed between the first and the second mid-term exam days)

Renaissance Architecture I (City I);  Baroque Architecture I (City II) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci)

Renaissance Architecture II (Church I); Baroque Architecture II (Church II) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci)

Renaissance Architecture III (Palace I/Palazzo and Villa); Baroque Architecture III (Palace II) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci)

Renaissance/Baroque Architecture IV: (Library and Theatre) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci)

Final Examination (Renaissance and Baroque periods) / Submisson of the Istanbul log-books (portfolio)

Bibliography for Early Islamic, Seljuk and Ottoman Architecture

Architecture of the Islamic World: Its History and Social Meaning. G. Michell (ed.). London: Thames&Hudson, 1984,15-47.
The Art and Architecture of Turkey. Edited by E. Akurgal. Oxford: Oxford University, 1980.
Aslanapa, Oktay, Turkish Art and Architecture. London, 1971.
Cahen, Claude, Pre-Ottoman Turkey. Paris-New York, 1968.
Creswell, K.A.C., A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture. Suffolk: Penguin Books, 1958.
Creswell, K.A.C., "Architecture". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. I. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1960.
Ertuğ, Ahmet (ed.), The Seljuks: A Journey Through Anatolian Architecture. Istanbul, 1991.
Erzen, Jale, Sinan: Ottoman Architect, An Aesthetic Analysis. Ankara: METU Faculty of Architecture, 2004.
Ettinghausen, R. and Grabar, O., The Art and Architecture of Islam (650-1250). New Haven and London: Yale
University, 1994.
Gabriel, Albert, Monuments turcs d'Anatolie. 2 vols. Paris, 1931, 1934.
Gabriel, Albert, Voyages archéologiques dans la Turquie orientale. Paris, 1940.
Goodwin, Godfrey, A History of Ottoman architecture. London: Thames & Hudson, 1971.
Goodwin, Godfrey, Sinan : Ottoman Architecture and its Values Today. London : Saqi Books, 1993.
Grabar, Oleg, The Formation of Islamic Art. New Haven-London: Yale University Press, 1987.
Hillenbrand, Robert, Islamic Architecture: Form Function and Meaning. New York: Columbia Un. Press, 1994
Hoag, J.D., Islamic Architecture. New York, 1977.
Kostof, Spiro, A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. London: Oxford University Press,1985.
Kuban, Doğan, Sinan’s Art and Selimiye. İstanbul: T. İş Bankası, 2011.
Kuban, Doğan, Ottoman Architecture. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2010.
Kuban, Doğan, Batıya Göçün Sanatsal Evreleri. İstanbul: T. İş Bankası, 2009.
Kuban, Doğan, Selçuklu Çağında Anadolu Sanatı. İstanbul: YKY, 2008.
Kuban, Doğan, Divriği Mucizesi. İstanbul: YKY, 1999.
Kuran, Aptullah, The Mosque in Early Ottoman Architecture. Chicago:  The University of Chicago, 1968.
Kuran, Abtullah, Sinan: The Grand Old Master of Ottoman Architecture. İstanbul: Ada Press, 1987.
Ögel, Semra, Anadolu'nun Selçuklu Çehresi. Istanbul: Akbank, 1994.
Peker, A.U., "Return of the Sultan: Nuruosmânîye Mosque and the İstanbul Bedestan," Constructing Cultural Identity, Representing Social Power, O. Rastrick et. al. (eds.), Pisa: Plus, 2010, 139-157.
Peker, A.U. and Bilici, K., (ed.) Selçuklu Uygarlığı: Sanat ve Mimarlık  II. Ankara: Ministry of Culture, 2006
Peker, A.U. "Seljuk Architecture and Urbanism in Anatolia,” European Architectural History Network, 1/08.
Peker, A.U., "Western Influence on the Ottoman Empire and Occidentalism in the Architecture of Istanbul," Eighteenth Century Life, vol. 26/3 (2002) 139-164. pdf
Redford, S., Landscape and the state in Medieval Anatolia: Seljuk gardens and pavilions of Alanya, Turkey.
Oxford: Archaeopress, 2000.
Rice, T.T., The Seljuks in Asia Minor. London: Thames and Hudson, 1966.
Ruggles, D. Fairchild, Gardens, Landscape and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain. Pennsylvania: The   Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003.
The World of Islam. Edited by Bernard Lewis. London, 1992.
Yeomans, Richard, The Story of Islamic Architecture. New York: Mew York University Press, 2000.*Readings for Renaissance and Baroque periods will be handed out separately

Selected Web Pages for Visual Reference. http://www.metu.edu.tr/~peker/baglantilar.htm