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solid_max
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 Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: Question about architectural style |
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Hello, I'm wandering if someone can help me. I'm trying to decide which architectural style the Boddy House falls under: http://www.descansogardens.org/site/boddyhouse.cfm
I think it's neoclassical, but not completely certain. |
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samuel coleridge
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject: Hollywood Regency? |
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The link says it is "Hollywood Regency" style. That doesn't mean much to me, but maybe it does in Hollywood.
I would say thetyle is a bit muddled. The eybrow dormers and copper canapies over wndows suggest French Provincial, but the roof is not as steeply pitched as is typical in that style.
The central pediment is kind of a bad Greek Revival temple form, with inauthentic columns. Not really any better or worse than you see in lots of post WWII suburban developments. |
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solidred
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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Location: Scotland
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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The ground floor projecting (bay) windows are most strongly reminiscent of English Regency style, although the date and location explain the 'Hollywood Regency' bit.
It reminds me of a pop song/video currently in the charts by a young - called Taylor Swift. The song is called Love Story. Essentially, it alludes to Romeo and Juliet and the fake castle in one scene is almost there. Then we get a revealing scene: a ball in which the characters look to be straight out of a Jane Austen adaptation. In other words, it's the sentimental and visual embodiment of the idea: romance is the best; romance is old-fashioned; romance is a foreign country (literally and figuratively). Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice are foreign, old fashioned and romantic. So let's do both: no half-measures in Hollywood! Our audience is unlikely to know the difference...
Which makes me wonder if the makers of the song, the makers of the accompanying video and, indeed, the makers of this house are either spectacularly ignorant or spectacularly condescending or... very, very smart. Certainly where the song is concerned, it may be all over the place with the historical references, but I bet it encapsulates the romantic imaginings of many a teenaged - spot on.
In short, if it's evocation you're after, why be any more exact with your source material than your imagination is?  |
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