This work, by the Academy's Conference secretary, contains excerpts from Winckelmann and assesses works by Russian artists. The full title is Rassuzhdenie o svobodnykh khudozhestvakh s opisaniem nekotorykh proizvedenii rossiiskikh khudozhnikov, izdano v pol'zu vospitannikov imperatorskoi Akademii khudozhestv (A Discourse on the Free Arts with a Description of Several Works by Russian Artists, Published to Assist the Pupils of the Imperial Academy of Arts).