Out- Door Monuments 



special situations — as for niches in founda- 

 tion-walls, for the crowning of balustrades 

 and bridge - parapets, the adornment of 

 drinking-fountains, the completion of 

 potnts, and the flanking of formal avenues — 

 most of the work already done seems very- 

 monotonous and unimaginative. The chief 

 trouble has been that we think too little 

 of the question of site. When we order a 

 statue we are too indifferent as to where it 

 may go ; when we buy one already made 

 we are too careless in its placing. If we 

 have thought at all it has been simply with 

 regard to the intrinsic excellence of the fig- 

 ures. Now we should begin to consider 

 our monuments in a broader way, as oppor- 

 tunities for the architect as well as for the 

 sculptor, and as features in general views the 

 harmonious beauty of which should be jeal- 

 ously preserved. 



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