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XXXIII. Dialogue about the prospects of art

Art historian spoke to the sculptor:

- So. Leopard. Hare. Someone else...

- The leopard ...- the sculptor confirmed.

- Thereafter - the wolf. So? - said the art historian.

-Yes, - the sculptor agreed.

- Now - Cerberus? - art historian "pressed against the wall" the sculptor.

- Cerberus, - the sculptor was forced to admit.

- And what's next? - The art historian ended the question with a pause.

The sculptor for a while was thinking, sitting in a chair...:

- I am planing to go in M. Gorky's cafe-library. To read books about mythologies!

-The right prospects! - historian of art exhaled. - Phidias!

October 16, 2017, 20:51

This translation from Russian into English: October 17, 2017, 07:20

Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Диалог о перспективах искусства'.

XXXIV. The dialogue between Diogenes and Croesus.

Croesus made a sign with his hand. His entourage has placed a huge gold coins on special supports.

Diogenes looked at the coins. The philosopher Diogenes was the son of the money-changers from Hycesia. Once at Delphi, he inquired of the Oracle what he must do, received the answer: "revaluation of values". Initially he understood this saying as "coin minting". However, he realized his calling in philosophy.

- Coins of pure gold. Each weighs several kilograms, - Croesus recalled with pride. - They made a splash in the ancient world. Best people dream about them.

- Yes! - Diogenes was captured by memories.

- Look at them! Take a look! And tell me which one you prefer. Maybe you like it all! -assumed Croesus.

Diogenes sighed and lowered his head.

The persons accompanying Croesus brought the coins closer to Diogenes.

The face of Diogenes became even more sad.

- Do not prevent me from reading the philosophical works. - Diogenes displaced his look from the coins to the book with philosophical writings.

- Think! - said Croesus.

Diogenes has squeezed by fingers the philosophical book.

18 Oct 2017 12:53

This translation from Russian into English: October 18, 2017, 13:41

Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Диалог Диогена и Крёза'.

XXXV. Alexander I, Ivan F. Kruzenshtern, Yuri F. Lisyansky, Nikolai P. Rezanov. Polycentrism of a successful project. Essay.

1.And whether there was Washington? Short preface

Almost 210 years have elapsed since the completion of the first Russian round the world navigation of Kruzenshtern (Krusenstern) and Lisyansky (Lisianski).

Many publications was written About this expedition (a bibliography is given, for example, in the books of V. M. Pasetsky and I. I. Firsov [1] [2]).

But, however, a well-known and popular theme has slippery fragments. Why do these fragments exist? The reasons are different. One of the reasons is a certain "loyalty" of the author to one of the circumnavigators.

However, even "equidistance" does not always add certainty, clarity, indisputability.

Another reason is the tendency towards "fictionality" of the first Russian round-the-world expedition. It seems that the author writes about real events, but - sometimes, perhaps against his will - the characters become characters of a legend or a fairy tale, and readers can only guess how things really were.

Like nobody would deny that Yu.F. Lisyansky met the president of USA George Washington.

But we open one of the books for children about I.F. Kruzenshtern and we read, that the president of USA George Washington met ... with Kruzenshtern. This book in the given episode about Yu.F. Lisyansky at all does not mention.

We read in detailed, information rich, books by E. L. Steinberg and I.I. Firsov: U.S. President Washington met Yuri F. Lisyansky. Moreover, this meeting occurred during a sufficiently long multi-episode journey. Kruzenshtern is not mentioned as a satellite Lisyansky in this journey across U.S. [3] [2].

But here's a new version. We open the book of V. M. Pasetsky. "Between the sailors, who later was to command the ships of the First Russian round-the-world expedition, established friendly relations. They visited the U.S.President George Washington. This meeting has made a lasting impression on the Russian officers" [1].

And what, with U.S. President met together both Kruzenshtern and Lisyansky?

"Having returned to hotel, Lisyansky first opened his diary: "... The president Washington was very kind to me. I am grateful to him for the rest of my life. I am convinced that he one of the greatest people. Its clarity and favor in the course of communication are surprise"" [2].

The theme has another "turnover". The records of Heinrich Schliemann's diary about meetings with the United States Presidents. And the modern commentaries on these records.