On Luxury

dc.contributor.author	Ng, Angie
dc.date.accessioned	2010-09-29 18:00:05 (GMT)
dc.date.available	2010-09-29 18:00:05 (GMT)
dc.date.issued	2010-09-29T18:00:05Z
dc.date.submitted	2010
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5541
dc.description.abstract	Indulgent and desirable, luxury both boasts and seduces. Luxury is an elaboration on the essential, manifest in forms of etiquette and exclusion. Films index both reality and fantasy. They reflect, denounce, and exaggerate, making them invaluable cultural documents. Post-World War Two, the ease of air travel, mass production of goods, and foreign influence changed the face of luxury. By examining the films To Catch a Thief (1955), La Dolce Vita (1960), and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) – all three from the era of this shift in luxury – this essay excavates this change, by examining the narrative, objects, and architecture of selected scenes.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Waterloo	en
dc.subject	luxury	en
dc.subject	couture	en
dc.subject	film	en
dc.subject	To Catch A Thief	en
dc.subject	La Dolce Vita	en
dc.subject	Breakfast at Tiffany's	en
dc.subject	etiquette	en
dc.subject	glamour	en
dc.subject	1950	en
dc.subject	1960	en
dc.subject	consumerism	en
dc.title	On Luxury	en
dc.type	Master Thesis	en
dc.pending	false	en
dc.subject.program	Architecture	en
uws-etd.degree.department	School of Architecture	en
uws-etd.degree	Master of Architecture	en
uws.typeOfResource	Text	en
uws.peerReviewStatus	Unreviewed	en
uws.scholarLevel	Graduate	en