WADDESDON MANOR
Sculpture in the garden
The gardens at Waddesdon are populated with sculptures. Mainly of marble, they animate the garden and layer it with poetic, mythological and allegorical narratives. Humans and animals, terms and vases mark pathways, create focal points and provide structures of relative permanence in the ever-changing landscape. In a garden, sculptures change too, with the growth Conservators cannot (nor wish to) utterly prevent the growth of algae and lichen or banish the insects that take up residence in the stony folds and crevices. Cycles of growth and decay and the movements of Time are central themes in Waddesdon’s garden sculpture. If some works evoke pleasure, leisure and play, others highlight their transience.
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Ceres
Garden
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2:01
Flora
Garden
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2:32
Infant Bacchus
Aviary Garden
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1:45
Apollo and Triumphant over Python
Gardens
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3:50
Hercules
Garden
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1:56
Judgement of Paris
Dr Juliet Carey
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2:15
Shepherd boy with his dog
Gardens
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2:14
Erato, Muse of Lyric Poetry
Gardens
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1:29
Allegory of Time and Death Vase
Gardens
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0:26
Four Seasons Vase
Half Moon Walk
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1:01
Meleager
Gardens
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1:12
Rape of Proserpine
Gardens
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1:27
Fountain of Pluto and Proserpine
Parterre
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1:03
Apollo Belvedere
Baron's Walk
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0:20
Venus and Adonis
Baron's Walk
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2:54
Kreditter
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