Alice Through The Looking Glass
Besides, the setting of the movie awe inspiring me is the part Alice and her mother attends Hamish's (her new boss) party. Alice causes an immediate bad impression for wearing a colorful costume which she brought from China; the partygoers, all Victorian people are shocked and offended by how Alice is dressed, with one even accusing her costume of belonging in a circus. For my opinion, different countries have different dress codes. The westerners are particular about clothes wearing. On different occasions, they wear different clothes. But the same point is that you should wear suitably. I think Alice should follow the dress code in attending the event.
ARCHITECTURE + FILM
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
The movie which made me marvel at the architecture and made me curious about the world created in the film is Alice Through the Looking Glass: behind the scenes of the Victorian Wonderland. For example, the villagers of East Horsley in Surrey will recognise the asylum in Alice through the Looking Glass as Horsley Towers. This local landmark was built in the 1820s by Charles Barry. Architect Sir Charles Barry is perhaps best known for designing the Houses of Parliament. Horsley towers was originally called East Horsley Park. At first it was a two-storey mansion house and yet to be transformed into the beautiful and iconic Horsley Towers. The towers is just behind the parade of shops in East Horsley.
At that time, Lord Lovelace who is the largest landowners in England acquired the property. He wanted a signature property and speedily renovated East Horsley Park just because wants to serve his purpose of showing his wealth and status.
He added the Clock Tower first on the rear of the building, then the Great Hall with high and majestic ceiling.
Followed by the unique Chapel and Cloisters in 1859, using his own imaginative style.
The Chapel is such an amazing, dark and atmospheric space, making it a wonderful place.
The village of East Horsley was originally named Horslei (Horses Clearing). Lord Lovelace transformed what was simply a Surrey settlement into a model estate village. The Horsley buildings, from the Towers to modest cottages, all have an architectural theme unique to the area. The style has heavy European influences and Lovelace was seen as something of a maverick for introducing it at the time. There are over fifty of these Lovelace buildings in the village, most date from the mid-1860s when he came into his wife’s fortune. Many of the buildings have now been renovated for modern day use, with the outside keeping their charmingly unusual design.
The chapel is adorned with several coats of arms, representing various branches of the Lovelace family. As walking down a corridor in the main building there are several large holes in the floor. That particular corridor was used by the servants of the house to carry through the food and wine from the kitchens when the Lords and Ladies were hosting their lavish banquets and the holes were used as spy holes in the floor so that the owners could spy on their servants and make sure no food was being stolen!
