Out-Door Monuments 
Nor is it only when busts are to be placed 
that the architect may help in giving a mon- 
ument sufficient size. The circle where the 
Webster stands demands a large monument. 
An equestrian statue or a group might well 
have been placed there ; but a smaller stand- 
ing figure, on a lower but more spreading 
architectural base, would also have looked 
well. Where such a circle is formed, not 
by drives but by paths, a smaller monument 
would be more appropriate ; and no such 
spot should be given its adornment without 
nice consideration of this question of scale (as 
concerned both with the extent of the spot 
and with the character of the objects around 
it), in full consciousness of the fact that a 
mistake will injure both the work of art as 
such and the general effect of the locality. 
Another important point is the height 
above the eye at which a statue stands. In 
city streets or squares this is determined sim- 
ply by the pedestal. But in parks there are 
often excellent situations well above the 
roads and walks. Statues placed here will 
be seen, not against a background of build- 
ings or foliage, but outlined against the sky ; 
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