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080102 SE Media of Ottoman Image Making (16th-19th c.) - a World Beyond (2024S)

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Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

No session on the 13th of June

  • Thursday 07.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 14.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 21.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 11.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 18.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 25.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 02.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 16.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 23.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 06.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 20.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 27.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

How did the early modern Ottomans imagine the world beyond their borders? What perspectives did they take in and how does this worldview transpire into art making? What conventions for image making were established, abandoned, and kept between the 16th and 19th century? What were the main media used and how did the preferences shift according to taste and contacts?

This interdisciplinary seminar explores the shifting concepts of what Islamic art from the Ottoman realm was and how it is contextualized today. To grasp the conditions of art making in this period, we will consider political, ecological, social, and economic events that had an impact, from the inflation through silver found in the new world, to the little ice age, the invention of the printing press to the impact of the first tourism. Our framework is defined by the processes and dynamics changing the nature of artmaking in this period, ranging from trade, diplomacy, and war to persecution.

The multi-media material we will cover includes maps, costume albums, epigraphy, charitable architecture, calligraphy, and textiles from the biggest expansion of the Ottoman Empire in 1520 to the late nineteenth century. The goal of the course is to study how art functions as a historical source; what image making in the Islamic world entails; how an-iconic art works; what innovation and techniques changed artmaking in the Ottoman world, how early modern cartography and conquests were related, and why orientalism and self-imaging are connected.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment:

- Q&A with one or two questions on the reading, “ due every Wednesday at 17:00
- Participation in discussion
- Short presentation and presentation
- Consolidation in the form of a written homework (15,000-20,000 characters continuous text, font size 12, line spacing 1.5, Times New Roman, as a Word Doc., not as a PDF!)
- By registering for this course, you agree that the automated plagiarism check software Turnitin will check all of the written parts you have submitted in moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirement:
• Compulsory attendance. In the case of absence due to illness or family evidence of an exceptional situation, a written statement must be submitted.
• For a successful completion of the course, all partial performances must be completed.
• Seminar work: To ensure good scientific practice, the course leader can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion after submission of the work, which is positive for a completion.
• Assessment scale: weekly Q&A 20% - active participation in discussions 10% - paper and presentation 30% - consolidation in the form of a written term paper 40% Note: Use Chicago Manual of style for the paper, link on moodle
• Grade clef: 1 (very good) 100-90 points; 2 (good) 89-81 points; 3 (satisfactory) 80-71 points; 4 (sufficient) 70-61 points; 5 (insufficient) 60-0 points
Plagiarism:
https://studienpraeses.univie.ac.at/infos-zum-studienrecht/sicherung-der-guten-wissenschaftlichen-praxis/plagiat/

Examination topics

Prüfungsstoff ist der Inhalt der Lehrveranstaltung.

Reading list


Stephen Greenblatt, “A Mobility Studies Manifesto,” in Ibid et al., Cultural Mobility: a Manifesto /. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 250-253.

Edward Said, E. Orientalism (Twenty-fifth anniversary edition). New York: Vintage Books, 2003.

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