sentences:  Statuary and seating were placed much as it was within the house - lining compartmentalised sections, the sections representing rooms and halls.Grottoes provided not only protection from the sun but a setting for allegorical scenes depicted in statuary and water.At Cafaggiolo, the greatest sculptors of the day were employed on the creation of the fountains, grottoes and statuary, including Tribolo, Vasari and Buontalenti, who created sculptured tableaux depicting scenes in stone conceived by Benedetto Varchi.