Most<span> statues </span>show<span> a formal frontality, which means </span>they<span> are arranged straight ahead, because </span>they<span> were designed to face the ritual being performed before them, (as we would do) a lot statues were also originally </span>placed<span> in recessed niches or other architectural settings, also contexts that would make frontality </span>their<span> expected and </span>natural<span> mode.</span>