The collection includes the most vivid aesthetic and critical works of the great Russian poet A. A. Blok devoted to the mission of art in the modern world. Blok saw art not as decoration for life, but as a special task set before all of humanity. Blok’s clear, emotionally saturated prose helps you orient yourself in the culture of Russia’s Silver Age and offers an example of responsible, perceptive statements about the constructive significance of style in art. © Storyside