关于环境艺术和它在人类社会中的作用的问题在史前艺术家那里很可能就已提出来了。他们在自己的山洞里描绘巨大的画面，古埃及人建造了令人敬畏的“司芬克斯”、金字塔、麦姆南的双面巨像更是历史上的壮举。但是，史籍上并没有关于这个问题被提出的记载。弄清楚艺术与环境的关系非常重要，像早期的那些艺术家创作的体量巨大的环境作品已在此地绵亘了数千年。

Questions about environmental art and its role in human society may well have been raised by prehistoric artists. They are depicted in his cave a huge picture, the ancient Egyptians built the awesome "Sphinx", Pyramid, Mamnan is the history of the double feat. However, historical records and not on the problem put forward records. Understand the relationship between the art and the environment is very important, like those artists of the huge volume of environment of the early works here has several thousands of years.

人类对华美装饰的需求与对艺术所能实现的对人生观、价值观有深度影响的需求是不同的。装饰永远都是轻松待人，但“深度艺术”却经常使人感觉沉重，并不适合商业性或居位性房间的装饰，也不适合将其扩展为公共性的环境艺术，当然也不能一概而论，任何一个件作品必须置入一个具体的时空系统中，那些“深度艺术”更是如此，这样才能确定艺术与环境是融合还是冲突。象人工环境，自然环境，场所精神这些现象学概念可以为人物雕塑艺术与环境的关系提供一个例征。

Human needs for the decoration of the United States and the art of life can be achieved, the outlook on life and values of the depth of demand is different. The decoration is always easy to treat, but the depth of art often makes people feel heavy, not suitable for commercial or residential property room decoration, is not suitable to be extended to the environment of public art, of course, can not be generalized, to any one piece in a specific time and space system. The "depth of art" is so, so as to determine the art and environment is fusion or conflict. Such phenomena as artificial environment, natural environment and place spirit can provide an example of the relationship between sculpture art and environment.