Cityscape Cityscape

Cityscape - Definition and Overview

The Nissan Skyline is an intermediate-size automobile range sold in Japan and other countries.

A skyline is best described as the overall or partial view or relief of a city's tall buildings and structures. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines are a good representation of a city’s overall power; the more prominent the skyline, the more money the city has to spend. Skylines also serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as no two skylines are alike. Skylines that are stretched out to a large (sometimes panoramic) view because of large cities or twin cities are called cityscapes. Skyscrapers play a large role in defining a city's skyline.

Types of skyline views

  • Daytime: A normal, generally widestretched view of a city's skyline that is during the daytime. Sometimes used during dawn and dusk to use the setting and rising sun in the background.
  • Silhouette: A skyline where buildings are blended together as one black shape that usually includes only one layer of the skyline.
  • Nightime: A skyline during the nightime. What one sees of buildings is mainly the lighting inside, and sometimes illumination on the outside, for decoration or advertizing. For cities on lakes and oceans the reflective water adds to the view, and is also commonly used in pictures.

Example pictures of skylines

, Massachusetts
Enlarge
Boston, Massachusetts
, Australia
Enlarge
Brisbane, Australia
, Texas
Enlarge
Dallas, Texas
, Illinois
Enlarge
Chicago, Illinois
, Texas
Enlarge
Houston, Texas
, California
Enlarge
Los Angeles, California
, Minnesota
Enlarge
Minneapolis, Minnesota
, New York
Enlarge
New York City, New York
, California
Enlarge
San Francisco, California
, Australia
Enlarge
Sydney, Australia
, Ontario
Enlarge
Toronto, Ontario
, British Columbia
Enlarge
Vancouver, British Columbia

External links

Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy  :: Terms of Use  :: Contact Us  :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.