Excerpt from Aratra Pentelici: Six Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture, Given Before the University of Oxford, in Michaelmas Term, 1870<br><br>I. I must pray the readers of the following Lectures to remember that the duty at present laid on me at Oxford is of an exceptionally complex character. Directly, it is to awaken the interest of my pupils in a study Which they have hitherto found unattractive, and imagined to be useless but more imperatively, it is to define the principles by Which the study itself should be guided and to vindicate their secu rity against the doubts With Which frequent discussion has lately encumbered a subject Which all think themselves competent to discuss. The possibility of such Vindication is, of course, implied in the original consent of the Univer sities to the establishment of Art Proifessorships.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.