Art Out-of-Doors 



and none should be placed here which are 

 not particularly strong and pleasing in sil- 

 houette. The Bolivar in Central Park, on 

 its little elevated plateau, proves that a bad 

 statue will seem doubly bad when all its out- 

 lines are thus conspicuously brought out; 

 but, also, that this would be the best site in 

 all the park for a really fine equestrian fig- 

 ure. Not far away from the Webster statue 

 there is a figure of a Falconer which, if not a 

 remarkable, is a pleasing work of art ; and 

 its effectiveness is certainly increased by its 

 elevation on a rocky slope, although one 

 wishes that this slope had been a little less 

 rural in character, a little better adapted 

 to the reception of so artificial an orna- 

 ment. 



A good place for a group or figure which 

 demands a certain elevation, is the top of a 

 terrace or the balustrade of a bridge. The 

 great stone bridges of many European towns 

 bear wonderfully effective w^orks of sculpt- 

 ure, but America has not yet begun to imi- 

 tate them. On the low parapet of a httle 

 park-bridge, busts and other works of mod- 

 est size might be very beautifully used j and 

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