1913. Summer of the whole century

Before you, the chronicle of the last peace year on the eve of the First World War, which occurred in many events that became the iconic for the culture of the twentieth century. In 1913, Roman Proust towards Svawa, Speengler began working on the "sunset of Europe", took place the scandalous Paris premiere of the Ballet "Spring sacred" Stravinsky and concert of Schönberg"s dudekafonic music, was written by the first version of the Black Square Malevich, opened The first prada boutique, Louis Armstrong picked up a pipe, Stalin came illegally in Vienna, and Hitler her, on the contrary, left. The author, a German critic and an essayist, who replaced the place of work from the newspaper during the last crisis, and the circle of interests - with acute topicality on old art, created an exciting panorama of the lively cultural life of the birth of modernism. In the press, the book was called the "of the huge teaser" of the 20th century and the most lively reminder on how it seemed to be a fragile, even defenseless