Gül İrepoğlu

Gül İrepoğlu is an architect, art historian, curator, and writer whose books connect visual culture with objects, flowers, painting, and Istanbul. The Tulip In Nature, History and Art provides the broadest entry into her method, following one motif across botanical, symbolic, and artistic contexts. The Rose Flower of Love, Flower of Art, Flower of Eternity offers a companion route through another culturally charged flower. Imperial Ottoman Jewellery Reading History Through Jewellery turns adornment into historical evidence, while Levni: Painting, Poetry, Colour focuses attention on an artist and his visual world. A reader can move from The Tulip In Nature, History and Art to Imperial Ottoman Jewellery Reading History Through Jewellery, then narrow the lens with Levni: Painting, Poetry, Colour. That order reveals how İrepoğlu shifts scale from a recurring symbol to material culture and finally to an individual artistic practice.