"Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Delivered Before the University of Oxford in the Michaelmas Term of 1870" is a collection of important lectures by the eminent English writer and art critic John Ruskin. In these lectures, he highlights the key aspects of sculpture, revealing its elements and features of creation. Ruskin carefully examines the influence of sculpture on culture and society, and also draws attention to its importance for the harmonious development of the human soul. This book is an integral part of art literature and is known for its depth and wisdom, which it conveys to the reader through the words of one of the greatest thinkers of the 19th century."