cityscape
Sign in to savethumb|right|Painting of the Dam Square in Amsterdam, by [[Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde, ]] thumb|right|Photograph of Dresden, Germany, in the 1890s In the visual arts, a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting, drawing, print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area. It is the urban equivalent of a landscape. Townscape is roughly synonymous with cityscape, though it implies the same difference in urban size and density (and even modernity) implicit in the difference between the words city and town. In urban design the terms refer to th
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- History of cityscapes in art
- Selected cityscape painters
- Selected cityscape photographers
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Painting of the Dam Square in Amsterdam, by [[Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde, ]] thumb|right|Photograph of Dresden, Germany, in the 1890s In the visual arts, a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting, drawing, print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area. It is the urban equivalent of a landscape. Townscape is roughly synonymous with cityscape, though it implies the same difference in urban size and density (and even modernity) implicit in the difference between the words city and town. In urban design the terms refer to the configuration of built forms and interstitial space.
==History of cityscapes in art== From the first century A.D. dates a fresco at the Baths of Trajan in Rome depicting a bird's eye view of an ancient city. In the Middle Ages, cityscapes appeared as a background for portraits and biblical themes. From the 16th up to the 18th century numerous copperplate prints and etchings were made showing cities in bird's eye view. The function of these prints was to provide a map-like overview.