ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD IMAGE (Unfinished Sketch) Orpheus in the Underworld image addresses the issue of knowledge in the arts, especially the rarely recognized difference between the directness of sensations that seem natural and spontaneous, and its construction, which manifests itself in formalized, anterior analysis, which preceded experience. Więckowski considers that ages-old problem in the context of the myth of Orpheus’ descent into Hades and his (Orpheus’); the myth, which was often used in visual arts, music and literature. Więckowski analyzes painting as object and the way to learn through art. As the basis for his analysis, he uses a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, in which Eurydice, called from hell by the means of poetry, reache...