Apocalyptic landscapes of Hercules Seghers. Between the anticipation of sense and catastrophe

Abstract

The text analyses the engravings of Hercules Seghers in context of phenomenological understanding of landscape and space (and possibilities of encompassing the landscape, in which we cannot take the stand) and Benjamin's understanding of allegory.

Keywords

• Apocalyptic
• apocalypse
• landscape
• landscape painting
• engraving
• art
• baroque
• Benjamin
• Hercules
• Seghers.