The Art Under the Influence. A Complete Analysis of the Role of Alcohol in Art - New Edition

The re-release of the bestseller with a new preface by the author! Semi-finalist of the “Lyceum-2019” award, blogger, poet, and young actor Maxim Zhegalin passionately analyzes the role of alcohol in world art and culture. The author, with a keen sense of humor, provocatively and directly describes who, how, and why used alcohol in visual arts - from antiquity with its Dionysian and Bacchic cults to the masterpieces of Van Gogh and Picasso. - Which writers, including Shakespeare and Bukowski, loved to down a couple of glasses and how this influenced their literary creativity? - What wines are drunk in cinema, and which composers created their main works only while under the influence? This and much more in the re-release of the bestseller “The Art Under the Influence. A Complete Analysis of the Role of Alcohol in Art” by Maxim Zhegalin.