Cityscape

In urban design the terms refer to the configuration of built forms and interstitial space.

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.

From the 16th up to the 18th century numerous copperplate prints and etchings were made showing cities in bird's eye view.

Suburban and industrial areas, building sites and railway yards also became subjects for cityscapes.

Well-known living cityscape painters are Rackstraw Downes, Antonio López García, and Richard Estes.