Patrząc na obraz Adama Chmielowskiego Zawale

Using concepts drawn from the aesthetics of Ingarden, this article sets out to analyse the qualities and metaphysical values discernible in the structure of the well-known painting The Zawale, by Adam Chmielowski. The author considers what the work of art amounts to in qualitative terms, where this is taken to determine its coherence and completeness as a gestalt figure, as well as its artistic value.