Seattle, Washington cityscape

Houses of Parliament, Sunset, 1902, by Claude Monet

View of Delft (1660-1661) by Jan Vermeer

A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape. Townscape is roughly synonymous with cityscape, though it of course 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. 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. Image File history File linksMetadata KerryDaylightPano. ... Image File history File linksMetadata KerryDaylightPano. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926)[1] was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movements philosophy of expressing ones perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein... Download high resolution version (2024x1724, 326 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2024x1724, 326 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... View of Delft, 1660-1661 Johannes Vermeer (1632 - December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ... Painter redirects here. ... Drawing is a visual art which makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. ... Printing is an industrial process for reproducing copies of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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. An example of artistic depiction of an aerial landscape: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52x48. (This article concerns painting and other non-photographic media. ...

Halfway the 17th century the cityscape became an independent genre in the Netherlands. In his famous 'View of Delft' in 1660-1661 Jan Vermeer painted a quite accurate portrait of the city Delft. Cities like Amsterdam, Haarlem and The Hague also became popular subjects for paintings. Painters from other European countries (Great Britain, France, Germany) followed the Dutch example. The 18th century was a flourishing period for cityscape painting in Venice (Canaletto, Guardi). The Stonemasons Yard, painted 1726-30. ... The Lagoon Looking toward Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove (1765-70) Oil on canvas, 31,7 x 52,7 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Francesco Guardi (October 5, 1712- January 1, 1793), Venetian painter, was a pupil of Canaletto, and followed his style so closely that pictures are very frequently attributed...

At the end of the 19th century the impressionists focused on the atmosphere and dynamics of everyday life in the city. Suburban and industrial areas, building sites and railway-yards also became subjects for cityscapes. During the 20th century the attention became focused on abstract and conceptual art, by this the production of cityscapes declined. American painter Edward Hopper, who stayed loyal to figurative painting, created intriguing images of the American scene. With a revival of figurative art at the end of the 20th century comes a revaluation of the cityscape. Well-known living cityscape painters are Rackstraw Downes, Antonio López García, and Richard Estes . American artist Yvonne Jacquette has made a specialty of aerial cityscapes. See also Impressionist (entertainment): A girl with a watering can by Renoir, 1876 Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, which began as a private association of Paris-based artists who exhibited publicly in 1874. ... Everyday life is the sum total of every aspect of common human life as it is routinely lived. ... Nighthawks. ... Rackstraw Downes (born 1939) is a British-born realist painter. ... Two Backs (Male-Female), pencil on paper, 38cm x 54cm, 1964 by Antonio López García, Antonio López García (born Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, 1936) is a Spanish painter and sculptor, known for his realistic style. ... Richard Estes (born May 14, 1936 in Kewanee, Illinois) is an American painter who is best known for his photorealistic paintings. ... Yvonne Jacquette (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1934), is an American painter and printmaker known in particular for her depictions of aerial landscapes, especially aerial views of cities. ... An example of artistic depiction of an aerial landscape: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52x48. (This article concerns painting and other non-photographic media. ...

Some famous painters who practiced cityscape-painting were:

The Stonemasons Yard, painted 1726-30. ... View of Delft, 1660-1661 Johannes Vermeer (1632 - December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter. ... Alfred Sisley. ... The garden of Pontoise, painted 1875. ... Matthäus Merian Matthäus Merian der Ältere (the Elder, or Sr. ... Édouard Cortès (1882-1969) was a French impressionist artist of French and Spanish ancestry. ... Self portrait (1872) James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 11, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based painter and etcher. ... The Papal Palace, Avignon, oil on canvas, 1900 Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 - August 15, 1935) was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointillist style. ... Isaac Lazarus Israëls (February 3, 1865 - October 7, 1934), Dutch painter, was born at Amsterdam, of Jewish parents. ... Painter and photographer George Hendrik Breitner (September 12, 1857, Rotterdam - June 5, 1923, Amsterdam) was a member of the Dutch artist group known as De Tachtigers(The Eighties) because of their artistic influence in the years of 1880, including painters like Isaac Israëls, Willem Witsen, and poets like Willem... Self-portrait Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 – February 21, 1894), was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, stamp collector, and yacht engineer. ...

See also

• Skyline
• Veduta
• Landscape art

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