PHD Candidate; Renaissance Art
Rachel Kline is a fourth year PhD candidate studying the art and culture of the Italian Renaissance. Prior to attending BU, Rachel earned a dual B.A. in the history of art and anthropology with a minor in Italian from Haverford College. With a background in anthropology, she hopes to use this perspective to explore the cultural meanings acquired by art objects and their materials circulating in the Renaissance. Rachel is especially interested in the artistic exchange between Italy and Northern Europe during the fifteenth century.
Currently, Rachel is researching for her dissertation, which will explore representations of the female nude in the fifteenth century and their depictions inside Florentine marriage chests. Originally from New Jersey, Rachel has held internships in the curatorial department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Penn Museum.
Dissertation in Progress:
“Undressing the Renaissance Woman: The Female Nude in Fifteenth-Century Italy”
M.A. Paper:
“Bravura in Blue: Ultramarine in the Works of Artemisia Gentileschi”
Research Interests:
- Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century Italian Renaissance
- Gender, Sexuality, and the Nude
- Artistic Exchange between Italy and Northern Europe
2022-2023:
Symposium co-Coordinator, Graduate Student History of Art & Architecture Association
2020-2021:
Social co-Coordinator, Graduate Student History of Art & Architecture Association