Female flanerie in Indian Cinematic Space: Urban allegories of the Kotha

The flaneur is a figure of perception and an embodiment of liberation in the metropolis - an uninhibited spectator of the city, seeking the pleasures of its indulgent atmospheres and basking in the vibrancy of its unfolding urban life. However, this simple, cognitive engagement with the urban realm is reserved for male authorship, where the...

The historical architecture of Wes Anderson: The Grand Budapest Hotel

This thesis explores the relationship between architecture and film through the analysis of the cinema of Wes Anderson.The research focuses specifically<br/>on the understanding of the spaces which Anderson has created in a historical per- spective. First, the relationship between architecture and film is explored through lite- rature research...

Casting Concrete: The Evolution in Perception of Brutalist Architecture as Guided by Depictions of Physical and Fictional Examples in Popular Culture

This thesis investigates the evolution in the perception of Brutalist architecture based on depictions of physical and fictional examples in popular cinema. Looking into how societal and aesthetical factors resulted in brutalist architecture, an egalitarian and utopian movement at its inception, taking on the stereotypical role of the dystopian...