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Humanism and Philosophy

Nature and Us


  • Start: 15 November 2023
  • Eind: 15 November 2024 

Description

Researcher Marieke Van Den Doel has been awarded an NWO Museum grant for her project De Natuur & Wij (Nature & Us), in collaboration with the Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar. The project examines early modern views on the relationship between nature and man, using early modern landscape paintings from the museum's collection.


Will Alkmaar soon be under water? Can this be prevented by thinking differently about nature? The project examines early modern views on the relationship between nature and man. Works of art show how these ideas were represented over time. Using landscape paintings in the collection of Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, it examines whether the paintings show a human-centred perspective or an ecocentric one.


Early modern depictions of nature are analysed through contemporary sources on the subject, as well as through contemporary ecohumanist philosophers. Does this self-examination provide handles or inspiration for a revised relationship between humans and nature?

Researcher

Marieke van den Doel,  Universitair Docent Geschiedenis van het Humanisme. 

(Co)financing

The NWO Museum Grants research programme is for projects that carry out scientific, innovative and relevant research for society and the museum sector.

Contact

Marieke van den Doel, m.vandendoel@uvh.nl

The project examines early modern views on the relationship between nature and man, using early modern landscape paintings from the collection of the Alkmaar Stedelijk Museum.