12 LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



SCULPTUEE 



Sculpture has always played a very important 

 part in garden design, as well as in almost all 

 types of monumental and public planting. Less 

 formal than architecture, it may be used to great 

 advantage as an accent with informal planting 

 schemes, where it adds the element of contrast. 



Sculpture was an important feature in the 

 early gardens of Egypt. In the garden of the 

 King of Thebes, for instance, it was used as a con- 

 trolling element in the design. 



In the Roman gardens of Pompeii (Fig. 1) and 

 Herculaneum the sculpture was used in an axial 

 way, appearing on the axes of corridors, walks, 

 and streets, mainly as an accent, although fre- 

 quently employed to enrich other garden features. 

 The forms themselves were of secondary impor- 

 tance; their position and function was the prime 

 interest. 



The early Italian gardens employ sculpture in 

 two ways. In the formal treatment hermse served 

 as an architectural feature at the intersection of 

 walks and in connection with terraces, walls, and 

 ornamental gateways. Informal sculpture, such 



