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Original b/w photograph. (18 x 12 cm). A copy for Turkish Byzantologist and art historian Semavi Eyice, (1922-2018) by (Istanbul Üniversitesi Tip Tarihi Enstitüsü Merkez Teknofotografi Laboratuvari) Istanbul University Institute of History Institute Central Techno-Photography Laboratory in 1972. Stamp of institute on verso besides name of Semavi Eyice. Photo shows the youth of Arseven with his wearing medal and military clothes. He made contributions to various fields, including photography, literary art history, theater, cinema, architecture and urbanism. He was one of the first to introduce the scholastic disciplines of history of art and architecture and urbanism to Turkey. He pioneered a unique "Turkish art" and pioneered the acceptance of the Turkish art concept. His 5-volume Art Encyclopedia is his most recognizable work. In 1908, with his friend Selah Cimcoz, Arseven released a comic magazine called Kalem. In the same year, he was sent to Europe by the Ministry of War to expose the works of Turkish painters and to give concerts with the Mabeyn orchestra. In 1910 he wrote the game "Selim-i Salis" with Selah Cimcoz. The game, which received great interest, was published in 1958 as "Selim III" and was staged at the State Theater. In 1917 he wrote and directed Koruyan olu and in 1918 he wrote Alemdar Mustafa Pasa (play). During World War I, he was at Kadiköy Municipality Branch Directorate, and then organized exhibition arrangements for artists in Europe. Also during World War I, while in Germany he and his friends founded a company called Transorient Film. In 1917, a contemporary adaptation of Goethe's Faust was filmed in Munich in the name of "Die Tote Watch.". (Source: Wikipedia).

Lingue: Turkish