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cityscape
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cit·y·scape  (st-skp)
n.
1. An artistic representation, such as a painting or photograph, of a city.
2. A city or section of a city regarded as a scene: "the vast cityscape of lower Manhattan" (New Yorker).

cityscape [ˈsɪtɪskeɪp]
n
(Social Science / Human Geography) an urban landscape; view of a city

cityscape
a view or representation of a city, especially in a painting, photograph, etc.
See also: Representation
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Noun1.cityscape - a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated areacityscape - a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; "the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty"
point of view, standpoint, viewpoint, stand - a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
2.cityscape - painting depicting a city or urban area
painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
Translations
cityscape [ˈsɪtɪskeɪp] Npaisaje m urbano


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This is the final weekend for the exhibition of Ben Johnson's spectacular cityscapes at the Walker Gallery - already seen by more than 150,000 since May.
You only have to look out of any window to see the astronomical property growth that is transforming cityscapes," said Shabnam Rawal, Group Director of Cityscape Conferences.
The exhibition, Ben Johnson's Liverpool Cityscape 2008 and the World Panorama Series, runs from Saturday until November and displays all of the artist's cityscapes together for the first time.
 
 
 
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