日裔美国人野口勇(Isamu Noguchi,1904－1988年)是20世纪最著名的雕塑家之一，也是最早尝试将雕塑和景观设计结合的人。野口勇曾说；“我喜欢想像把园林当作空间的雕塑。”他一生都致力于用雕塑的方法塑造室外的土地。 
     早在大地艺术产生之前，20世纪初期他已成功地将雕塑概念扩展到风景空间，使基底不再是展示作品的背景，而是作品自身的组成部分。他的家园就是日本景园文化的山水与西方的雕塑相结合的产物，通过简洁的设计元素表现了空间的特性和象征意义。

Isamu Noguchi was a prominent Japanese Americanartist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward.^[1] Known for his sculpture and public works, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces, some of which are still manufactured and sold.Among his furniture work was his collaboration with the Herman Miller company in 1948 when he joined with George Nelson, Paul László and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture^{[citation needed]}. His work lives on around the world and at the The Noguchi Museum in New York City.