In September 2023 Art History graduate student Nicole Petersen (@nicole.etal_ travelled to Florence and Siena via a travel grant awarded by the department. They visited Italy to work on their Qualifying Paper project, which focuses on the hexagonal bowl in Pietro Lorenzetti’s “Birth of the Virgin” altarpiece (1335-1342) and how women experienced the work in its original placement in Siena Cathedral.
Detail of Pietro Lorenzetti’s Birth of the Virgin altarpiece in Siena
The first photo shows a selfie of them from the top of the Torre del Mangia with Siena Cathedral in the background. The second photo shows one of the many detail photos of “The Birth of the Virgin” they captured to utilize in their paper.
Nicole Peteresen on Torre del Mangia, looking toward Siena Cathedral
