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Article: A summer carnival: long days and warm nights inspire artists and audiences alike.(ARTS & CULTURE)
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- Town & Country
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- July 1, 2007
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SCULPTURE PARKS WITH FLAIR
Ever since the days of the Grand Tour, when young British noble-men wandered across Europe collecting fragments of antiquity as souvenirs, sculpture displayed in parkland and on balustraded terraces has been an essential adjunct to the stately homes of England. But if you're visiting the British Isles this summer, you'll find the gardens of some of the grandest country houses undergoing a rousing transformation. Where once marble urns and lightly clad classical figures were de rigueur, aristocratic owners are busy installing avant-garde pieces made of everything from rusted metal to helium balloons.
The idea that ancient ...