Reissue of the bestseller with a new preface by the author! Semifinalist of the Lyceum 2019 Award, blogger, poet, young actor Maxim Zhegalin analyzes the role of alcohol in world art and culture with passion.The author with a subtle sense of humor, provocatively and directly describes who, how and why used alcohol in fine art — from antiquity with its Dionysian and Bacchanalian cults to the masterpieces of Van Gogh and Picasso.- Which of the writers (here Shakespeare and Bukowski) liked to have a couple of glasses and how did this affect literary creativity?- What kind of wine is drunk in the cinema and which of the composers composed their main works only under the degree?This and much more in the reissue of the bestseller "Art under a degree. A complete analysis of the role of alcohol in art" by Maxim Zhegalin.