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

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