Bought a book on Victorian architecture in the used book store the other day. So interesting to put a name to architectural features.
The Victorians were very big on ornamentation, even bold decoration, to the point of pure whimsy (the circular tower structure with a “witch’s cap” on top, for instance). Their architecture, therefore, has so much more character than the utilitarian, 20th-century architecture that superseded it.
Do you know what a finial is? A bay window? Everyone know what a cornice is, no?
Three types of architecture worth exploring, in my opinion: Victorian, Queen Anne, and Gingerbread.
I am a voracious reader and also enjoy writing. I often have a very different point of view than the popular one. I do see value in debate, and thought it might add to the public debate on controversial issues if I were to express my contrarian opinions. I also started keeping my poems recently (I've written little pieces my whole adult life but never kept any); and I've been a photographer now for over 25 years. So I will be adding an occasional poem and hopefully interesting photograph to the blog along the way, just to spice things up.
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