townscape
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈtaʊnˌskeɪp/
:
paisaje urbano
- Photographers love to capture the townscape at sunset, when the buildings glow in warm hues.
Examples
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This article examines the dramatic changes brought to English townscapes by Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism.
Academic text (2003) -
By 1481, all the great Gothic cathedrals already dominated European townscapes.
Academic text (1992) -
What Chivantito excluded from the townscape is as telling as what he included.
Academic text (2007) -
Certainly, their most telling influence was the shaping of Phoenix's first townscape.
Academic text (2008) -
This inclusion of a local townscape into a larger scene was common in early modern Europe, particularly in religiously themed images.
Academic text (2007) -
This descriptive approach to local townscape was especially common in the Cuzco region in which Chinchero is located.
Academic text (2007) -
While the pilgrimage scene and townscape are distinct in the Chinchero painting, in the Santiago one the two sections are clearly joined in the background.
Academic text (2007) -
Ifrane's intriguing townscape reflects the imprint of French colonial urban planning seventy years ago.
Academic text (2005) -
These works present stagelike townscapes with distorted perspective and deserted spaces that evoke loneliness and nostalgia.
Blog text (27) -
They ignore proper classical orders, the judiciously applied materials, and the craftsmanship involved in the making of their most cherished monuments and townscapes in old Europe and America.
Blog text (15)
How Picturesque
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Townscape joins town and the ending -scape, the same -scape in landscape that means a 'view' or 'scene'. So a townscape is the 'view' or look of a town, including its buildings, streets, and open spaces, often used for art or photos.