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Education/Academic qualification
Art History, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Orders of Elaboration: Wendel Dietterlin and the Architectura, Princeton University
Award Date: 2 Jun 2015
Art History, Master of Arts, Princeton University
Award Date: 2 Apr 2012
Art History, Bachelor of Arts, Rethinking Vienna Gloriosa: Civic and Commercial Patronage in Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach's Ephemeral Triumphal Arches of 1690, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts.
Award Date: 25 May 2008
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Dürer's Victoria: Contending with the uncertainty of measurement
Petcu, E., 27 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Art Bulletin. 107, 4, p. 36-66 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Toward an ecocritical history of early modern art
Petcu, E. & Saß, M., 25 Nov 2025, In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. 88, 4, p. 457-483 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The metabolism of early modern landscape: Ecology and natural philosophy in the prints of Hercules Segers (c. 1589 – c. 1658)
Petcu, E., 15 Aug 2025, (Accepted/In press) Imaginaries of the Landscape: Media, Materials, Makers.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The Architectural Image and Early Modern Science: Wendel Dietterlin and the Rise of Empirical Investigation
Petcu, E. J., 29 Nov 2024, Cambridge University Press. 350 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Noam Andrews, The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2022. 304 Pp.; 87 ills. Paper $44.95 (9780262046640)
Petcu, E., 13 May 2024, caa.reviews.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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Activities
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The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I: On Microarchitecture, Monumental Printmaking, and Scalar Uncertainty
Petcu, E. (Invited speaker)
11 Nov 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I: On Microarchitecture, Monumental Printmaking, and Scalar Uncertainty
Petcu, E. (Invited speaker)
17 Oct 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Art Critics in the World: Dürer’s Victoria, Grotesque Mathematics, and the Commoners’ Revolt
Petcu, E. (Invited speaker)
Jul 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Renaissance Architecture and Theory Scholars Annual Meeting
Petcu, E. (Organiser), Pearson, C. (Organiser) & Nevola, F. (Organiser)
9 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Renaissance Studies (Journal)
Petcu, E. (Associate editor)
28 Apr 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Prizes
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Barr Ferree Publication Fund Committee Award
Petcu, E. (Recipient), 18 Dec 2023
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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Graham Foundation Grant to Individuals
Petcu, E. (Recipient), 10 May 2024
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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Leverhulme Research Fellowship
Petcu, E. (Recipient), 27 Mar 2025
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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Society for Renaissance Studies Museums and Galleries Award
Petcu, E. (Recipient), 14 Mar 2025
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
Projects
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Albrecht Dürer, Measurement, And Uncertainty (Leverhulme Fellowship)
Petcu, E. (Principal Investigator)
1/06/25 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Albrecht Dürer, Measurement, and Uncertainty
Petcu, E. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research