Rachel Kline specializes in 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. Rachel\u2019s primary area of research is the female nude and its relationship to Renaissance ideologies of gender, sexuality, and the body. Rachel is especially interested in the secular domestic arts of fifteenth-century Italy and the role of the female viewer in determining their meaning.<\/p>\n
Rachel\u2019s dissertation, entitled \u201cUndressing the Renaissance Woman: The Female Nude in Fifteenth-Century Italy,\u201d centers female viewership by exploring representations of the female nude inside marriage chests and on objects of domestic material culture from Florence to Venice. Originally from New Jersey, Rachel has held internships in the curatorial department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the public programs\/summer camp department of the Penn Museum.<\/p>\n
Dissertation: [2026] M.A. Paper: Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2024-2025: 2022-2023:
\n<\/strong>“Undressing the Renaissance Woman: The Female Nude in Fifteenth-Century Italy”<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>“Bravura in Blue: Ultramarine in the Works of Artemisia Gentileschi”<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>Guest Lecture Series Co-Coordinator, Graduate Student History of Art & Architecture Association<\/a>
\nSenior Editor, SEQUITUR<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Symposium co-Coordinator, Graduate Student History of Art & Architecture Association<\/a><\/p>\n