Prof. Dr. Yıldız Demiriz

Prof. Dr. Yıldız Demiriz was born in Zile in 1929. She entered Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Art History in 1960. She graduated in 1964 and started to work as an assistant of Prof. Dr. Semavi Eyice. In 1969 she completed her doctorate. Her doctoral thesis was “Antrölaklı Bizans Döşeme Mozaiklerı”. She then became an assistant of Prof. Dr. Oktay Aslanapa at the Department of Turkish Art History. During her study, she learned illumination art from Prof. Süheyl Ünver, which led her into the world of decorative arts. She received the title of Associate Professor with her work, “Erken Dönem Osmanlı Mimarisinde Süsleme” in 1973. She taught at Anadolu University, Academy of Fine Arts and retired in 1988. Between 1994 and 1998 she became the president at Sanat Tarihi Derneği (the Art History Association) twice and helped to organize conferences and seminars as well as to prepare publications.

Selected her important books:
Osmanlı Mimarisinde Süsleme I. Erken Devir (1300-1453) (Istanbul 1979), Osmanlı Kitap Sanatında Naturalist Üslupta Çiçekler (Istanbul 1986), Islam Sanatında Geometrik Süsleme (Istanbul 2000), Örgülü Bizans Döşeme Mozaikleri (Istanbul 2002), Anılarımdaki Sanat Tarihi (Istanbul 2005), Osmanlı Kitap Sanatında Doğal Çiçekler (Istanbul 2005), Dünden Bugüne Caddebostan (Istanbul 2007), Yüzyıllar Boyunca Çiçek Ressamlığı (Istanbul 2007).