oscars in the architecture ~

[lookingland]

if you ain't seen the above movie, i hope dd-lewis's oscar win will encourage you to go forth and watch! mostly i just like that poster. it's cool (almost with a "k"), so i wanted to post it. p.s. i think casey affleck was robbed (not that i actually care about the little gold man award).

in other news: i've decided to post twice a week to Reconstruction starting tomorrow. i have enough of a buffer to get me to April and presumably i will keep working (though it has been going slow).

i had been stuck on choosing a model for the Morse house on Grace Street (i am one page away from Lewis and States's inauspicious first meeting). i was going to use the infamous (and now lost) Van Lew house, but i think it's mentioned somewhere that they are neighbors to the Van Lews, so that would be kinda dorf. then i thought it ought to be something sorta eccentric (like that a sea captain would live in ~ as they all seem notoriously bizarre architects), but i think it's a family house that's older than Cleveland Morse (and possibly belonged to his first wife). i almost think something Georgian would be more appropriate except that it's gotta have columns! but i don't want a Gone with the Wind plantation house either.

right now i am leaning toward the Bellamy mansion in north carolina. i like it especially because it has a crow's nest, which i always imagined the Morse house to have.



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meanwhile, i guess i should quit fribbling and go draw.

Comments

[geckobird.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to go see that movie since it came out, though I think I'll have to wait until it's in DVD form - unless it is already when I wasn't looking?

There's not much in the way of theaters here in Jackson.

Today I'm going to be working on maps and Japanese kanji. I just really want to draw on grid paper I think. xD

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

it won't be on video until April, I think (not sure). but yeah, do see it when you can.

oooo ~ grid paper. i love grid paper. my journal for the last four years has grid paper in it. all those little boxes!

: D

silly Oscar...

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't seen any of the movies and none of the clips and previews I've seen for them make me wanna. I half-watched the Academy Award show and it felt lame too--could be me. I dunno.

That's some mansion! Seems HUGE. Those big southern places on little city lots (even on multiple lots) always feels so out of balance to me. Clearly needs a loooong tree lined drive and to be surrounded by acres and acres. The crow's nest is nifty--can the water be seen from there?

moo

Re: silly Oscar...

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

good question about the water ~ i have no idea (i'm guessing no in real life, but if this house were in Richmond where i am pretending it is, i suppose you ought to be able to see the water if you are at the highest point on the hill). i'm going to say yes in the story because sea captains need somewhere to go to look at the sea in their dotage.

: D

Re: silly Oscar...

[babalueye.livejournal.com]

Three coats!