Art
historiographer and philosopher (b. 1908, İstanbul - d. 1985). He was the
husband of Nazan İpşiroğlu and father of Zehra İpşiroğlu. He studied philosophy
and history of art at the Universities of Bonn, Hamburg and Berlin and painting
at Düsseldorf Academy of Painting. He received his doctorate in philosophy at
the University of Bonn (1933). He was appointed to assistant professor (1934)
and then to professor (1943) at İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature,
Department of Philosophy. He worked as the Dean of the Faculty of Literature
(1948-49, 1958-59) where he was appointed to the Head of the Department of Art
History (1949). He retired in 1977.
He
founded İstanbul University Film Centre together with Sabahattin Eyuboğlu (1956).
The documentary film Hitit Güneşi (The Hittite Sun), which they prepared
in collaboration, received the second prize at the Berlin Film Festival in
1956. He prepared another seven documentary films with Eyuboğlu such as Surname
(Surname*, 1957) and Kapalı Çarşı (The Grand Bazaar, 1974). His essays
and articles were published in the reviews Felsefe Denemeleri Dergisi
(1939) and Felsefe Arkivi (1949) and in the İstanbul University
Bulletin.
WORKS:
Martin Heidegger ve Max Scheler'de İnsan (The
Human in Martin Heidegger and Max Scheller, 1939), Rönesans Sanatı (Art
of Renaissance, 1942), Avrupa Sanatı ve Problemleri (European Art and
its Problems, vol.1, 1946), Hegels Aesthetik in ihrem Historischen
Zusammanhang (Hegel’s Aesthetic in its Historical Context, Bonn, 1953), Avrupa
Sanatında Gerçek Duygusu (Sense of Reality in European Art, with S.
Eyuboğlu, 1954), Fatih Albümüne Bir Bakış (A Glance at a Conqueror’s
Album, S. Eyuboğlu, 1955), UNESCO'nun Türkiye Kitabı (UNESCO’s Book on
Turkey, with S. Eyuboğlu, 1958), Saklı Kilise (Hidden Church, with S.
Eyuboğlu, 1958), Turkey (with S. Eyuboğlu, 1961), Die Kirche von
Achtamar (The Church of Aktamar, 1963), Malerei der Mangolen (1965),
Das Bild im Islam (Painting in Islam, 1971), İslâm'da Resim Yasağı ve
Sonuçları (Prohibition in Painting in Islam and its Consequences, 1973), Siyah
Qalem (Black Marker, 1976), Oluşum Süreci Sanatın Tarihi (Process of
Formation, History of Art, with Nazan İpşiroğlu, 1977), Sanatta Devrim
(Revolution in Art, N. İpşiroğlu, 1979), Meisterwerke aus dem Topkapı (Masterpieces
in Topkapı, 1980), Düşünmeye Çağrı (A Call to Think, with N. İpşiroğlu,
1982), Kök Atatürkçülük (Radical Kemalism, with N. İpşiroğlu, 1983).
