Lea Cline
Professor of Art History
Office
CVA Center For Visual Arts 203c
Office Hours
Variable per semester
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Cline is Professor of Art History, Affiliate Faculty of Women’s and Gender Studies, and Assistant Director of the European Studies program. She is currently the area coordinator for Art History in the Wonsook Kim School of Art and the Student Program Advisor for the U.S. Fulbright Program. Dr. Cline is also the co-founder and co-director of the ISU in Italy: Orvieto study abroad program and the Valle Gianni archaeological field school.
Cline earned her doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin in Roman Art and Architecture in 2013.
Cline was a Fulbright scholar to Italy in 2007, and has taught American students in Italy with the University of Georgia, the University of Texas, and Southern Methodist University. Before coming to ISU, Dr. Cline worked at Yale University Art Gallery (Coins and Medals) and the University of Florida (Art History). She joined the faculty at ISU as an Assistant Professor of Art History in the fall of 2012.
Current Courses
ART 304.001 Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Art and Architecture: Pompeii
ART 404.001 Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Art and Architecture: Pompeii
ART 311.001 Seminar in Visual Culture, History, and Theory: Gender & Identity in Art and Visual Culture
ART 411.001 Seminar: Gender & Identity in Art and Visual Culture
ART 155.001 Survey Of Art I
ART 155.002 Survey Of Art I
Teaching Interests & Areas
Imperial Roman Art and Archaeology; Domestic Decoration (Wall Painting, Mosaics); Material Culture Studies; Sacred Architecture
Research Interests & Areas
Imperial Roman Art and Archaeology; Domestic Decoration (Wall Painting, Mosaics); Material Culture Studies; Sacred Architecture
PhD Roman Art and Architecture
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
MA Art History (Roman)
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
BA
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas
Outstanding University Service Award
Illinois State University
2023
Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts Outstanding Research Award
Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts
2022
Ken Holder Endowed Professor of Art
Wonsook Kim School of Art
2020
Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship
Harvard University
2018
Office of International Studies and Programs, Internationalization Award
Illinois State University
2017
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning University Research Grant
Illinois State University
2017
University Teaching Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2016
Office of International Studies and Program, International Travel Grant
Illinois State University
2015
University Service Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2015
Günther Stamm Prize for Excellence
Department of Art History, Florida State University
2008
Fulbright Fellowship, Italy
Fulbright U.S. Student Program (U.S. Department of State)
2006
Summer Seminar Felllow
American Numismatic Society, New York
2004
Etruscan Foundation Fieldwork Fellowship
Etruscan Foundation
2003
Fondazione Lemmerman, Research Fellowship
Fondazione Lemmerman
2003
Grants and Contracts
Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS)
Lea Kimberly Cline, Katie Jasper, Abigail Chipps Stone, John Christian Kostelnick, Jonathan Boyd Thayn.
Illinois State University Office of Research and Graduate Studies. October 1 2025 - September 30 2026
Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS)
Lea Kimberly Cline, Katie Jasper, Abigail Chipps Stone, John Christian Kostelnick, Jonathan Boyd Thayn.
Illinois State University Office of Research and Graduate Studies. August 2023 - June 2025
University Research Grant
Lea Kimberly Cline.
WKCFA. 2023 - 2024
University Research Grant
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts. July 2023 - June 2024
University Research Grant
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts. June 2022 - July 2023
Northwest Bolsena Archaeological Project: Valle Gianni Survey
Lea Kimberly Cline, Katie Jasper.
Rust Family Foundation. January 1 2021 - December 31 2021
Book Review
Review of Oxford Handbook of Roman Imagery and Iconograpjy
Lea Kimberly Cline.
(2023)
Book, Chapter
Pavements and Mosaics at Villa A
Lea Kimberly Cline.
(2018), Villa A (“of Poppaea”) at Torre Annunziata, Italy (Oplontis), 50 B.C.-A.D. 79, American Council of Learned Societies
Book, Edited
Oxford Handbook of Roman Imagery and Iconography,
Lea Kimberly Cline.
(2022), 552, Oxford University Press
Conference Proceeding
Paint on Floors, Stone on Walls: Renovation, Style Chronologies, and Surface Value in the Decorative Schemes at Villa A, Oplontis (Torre Annunziata, Italy)
Lea Kimberly Cline.
(2017)
Imitation vs. Reality: Zebra Stripe Paintings and Imitation Marble in the late Fourth Style at Oplontis
Lea Kimberly Cline.
(2014)
Surface Matters: New Evidence for the Treatment of Roman Pavements
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Association Internationale pour l’Etude de la Mosaïque Antique, (2014)
New Light on Mosaic Metrics: Research at Villa A, Torre Annunziata, Italy, 50 B.C. – A.D. 79
Lea Kimberly Cline.
247-258, (2012)
Journal Article
Interim Report on the Valle Gianni Excavation, the Northwest Bolsena Archaeological Project (NBAP), 2021-2024
Katie Jasper, Lea Kimberly Cline, Katie Rask, Abigail Chipps Stone.
FOLD&R. Fasti Online Documents & Research, Italy, 606, 1-24, (2025), 10.5281/zenodo.16616664
“ ‘I can navigate the world’: Student Reflections of Study Abroad - Evidence from One University Campus.”
Katie Jasper, Erin Mikulec, Lea Kimberly Cline.
The Journal for Research and Practice in College Teaching, 4 (1), 84-109, (2019)
Painted Pavements: Illusion and Imitation at Villa A (“of Poppea”) at Oplontis
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Selected Papers in Ancient Art and Architecture, Archaeological Institute of America, 1, (2015)
Rising from the Ashes: The Arae Incendii Neroniani in New Flavian Rome
Lea Kimberly Cline.
ATHANOR, XXVII, 15-24, (2009)
Presentations
Exploring the Colors of the House of Many Colors at Olynthos
Hilary Becker, Lea Kimberly Cline.
Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique, Cagliari, Italy, September, 2025
White marbles and coloured ornamental stones from the Roman nymphaeum of the Valle Gianni archaeological site (Gradoli, Viterbo)
Patrizia Santi, Alberto Renzulli, Lea Kimberly Cline, Katie Jasper, Anna Serotta.
Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologica-Società Geologica Italiana Joint Congress, Padua, Italy, September, 2025
Acqua, Vino e Marmo: i risultati recenti delle indagini a Valle Gianni (Gradoli)
Lea Kimberly Cline, Katie Jasper.
Sviluppo sostenibile tra conoscenza, tutela e valorizzazione. Primi risultati dei progetti PNRR, Grotte di Castro (Italy), presented online, March, 2025
Riprese delle indagini nel sito di Valle Gianni (Gradoli)
Lea K Cline, Kathryn L Jasper.
Cosa C'e Sotto? Scoperte archeologiche intorno al Lago, Bolsena, Italy, November 19, 2022
From the Ground Up: New Evidence for the Treatment of Roman Pavements at Oplontis (Villa A)
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Archaeological Institute of America, Online, January, 2021
Function and Fakery in the Floors of Villa A (Oplontis)
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Materiality as Décor: Aesthetics, Semantics, and Function, Kiel, Germany (via Zoom), June, 2020
Art, Illusion, and Slavery in the Roman Villa
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, February 20, 2019
Assessing Student Learning Outcomes of Participating in Study Abroad Programs at ISU
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Center for Teaching and Learning, Annual Symposium, Normal, Illinois, January, 2019
A Learning Culture through Learning Culture: Campus-Wide Outcomes of Participating in Study Abroad
Lea Kimberly Cline, Katie Jasper, Erin Mikulec.
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bergen, Norway, October, 2018
Life and Art in a Roman Villa: Locating the Slave in the Villa at Oplontis
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Loyola University, Department of Classics, Chicago, Illinois, October, 2018
Art, Illusion, and Control: The Slave and the Roman Villa
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Department of Art History, Edwardsville, IL, April, 2018
Art, Illusion, and Control: The Slave and the Roman Villa
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Illinois Classics Conference, Evanston, Illinois, February, 2018
When Dictators Die: The Altar and Column of Caesar in the Forum Romanum
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Faculty Research Colloquium, Normal, Illinois, March 7, 2017
Art, Illusion, and Control: the Slave and the Roman Villa
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Midwest Art History Society, Chicago, Illinois, April 8, 2016
Paint on Floors, Stone on Walls: Renovation, Style Chronologies, and Surface Value in the Decorative Schemes at Villa A, Oplontis (Torre Annunziata, Italy)
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Association Internationale pour l’Étude de la Mosaïque Antique, Madrid, Spain, September 17, 2015
Space, Kinesthetic Address, and the Slave Body at Oplontis
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, March 31, 2015
Leavin’ on Jet Plane: Student Engagement and Academic Rigor in the Study Abroad Classroom
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Center for Teaching and Learning, Annual Conference, Normal, Illinois, January, 2015
Taking Learning on the Road: Field Trips and the Humanities
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Center for Teaching and Learning, Annual Conference, Normal, Illinois, January, 2014
Little Altars Everywhere: Sacrificial Altars in Roman Wall Painting
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique, Athens, Greece, September 19, 2013
Life and Art in a Roman Villa: Locating the Slave in the Villa at Oplontis (Torre Annunziata, Italy)
Lea Kimberly Cline.
University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, May 22, 2013
Death and the Altar: The Altar and Column of Caesar in the Forum Romanum
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 4, 2013
Public/private, slave/owner: Locating the Slave at Oplontis
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Public and Private in the Roman House and Society, New York, NY, October, 2012
Surface Matters: New Evidence for the Treatment of Roman Pavements
Lea Kimberly Cline.
Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique, Venice, Italy, September 14, 2012