{"id":2732,"date":"2013-01-16T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2014-07-15T12:43:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:43:31","slug":"of-sherlock-steampunk-and-chaucer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=2732","title":{"rendered":"Of Sherlock, Steampunk, and Chaucer"},"content":{"rendered":"

This recent article<\/a> in my local newspaper really got me thinking.\u00a0 I don’t know much about the steampunk movement, but I’ve seen it used in films like the Sherlock Holmes<\/em> series<\/a> with Robert Downey, Jr.\u00a0 Those movies are good, but the BBC series, Sherlock<\/em><\/a>, is even better. (Try saying “Benedict Cumberbatch” three times fast!)<\/p>\n

I fell in love with the apartment shared by Holmes and Watson in the modern British series, and you can see bits of it here<\/a> and here<\/a>.\u00a0 That wallpaper<\/a> is simply stunning, and though I’m not 100% certain it technically falls under the steampunk category, I’ve decided I should add a bit of edginess to my home.\u00a0 A little bit of feminine steampunk, if you will.\u00a0 And those curtains<\/a> I’m pining over are perfect, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

Then, this week, I was preparing to buy a new spring wreath from One Kings Lane<\/a>, when what did I spy but an armillary sphere!<\/p>\n

\"(My<\/a>

(My new armillary sphere, from One Kings Lane.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Nothing screams steampunk like an armillary sphere<\/a>, and it reminded me of my Chaucer class from graduate school.\u00a0 The professor was really into astronomy, as was Geoffrey Chaucer<\/a>, it turns out, so we spent a lot of time discussing the stars, alongside The Canterbury Tales<\/em><\/a> and the tragic story of Troilus and Criseyde<\/em><\/a>, who were star-crossed lovers.<\/p>\n

There’s that quote by William Morris<\/a>, about “hav[ing] nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful,” and I think this really exemplifies steampunk as a decorative style. Plus, just think of all the fun I’ll have gazing at the stars.<\/p>\n

<\/div>