ABSTRACT
The authors of modem works of art designed for interior decoration need not take into account the effect these will produce in the open air, and, only too often, those which are seen in the open, on the façades of buildings and in public squares, are defective because their authors failed to allow for the repercussions on them of their atmospheric environment. There was nothing of this sort in Greece for many a long day. Sculpture, if we except cult statues and a few reliefs in temple cellas, was meant to be seen in the full outdoor light, being set up in sacred enclosures, on tombs and on the façades of temples. From this arose certain optical necessities which early attracted the artist’s attention.
