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cityscape

Landscape art centered on buildings, streets, and urban space

Landscape art centered on buildings, streets, and urban space.

Visual Treatments & Formal Design
cityscape · Valley with a river and mountain ranges

Valley with a river and mountain ranges

Both languages share the English example images. Japanese prompts are the recorded translations.

A phrase to start with

Specifies an urban landscape as the subject.

Appearance and effects

Buildings and streets shape an urban space.

Visual traits

  • Buildings
  • Street depth

Expected changes

  • Buildings and streets are more likely to be central

Five examples

1 — Medium-sized dog
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2 — Cat
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3 — Teenage boy
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4 — Unoccupied interior
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5 — Valley with a river and mountain ranges
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Meaning and scope

Definition

A genre depicting urban views made by buildings, streets, and plazas. Particular city, era, medium, and art style are separate choices.

In more detail

Relations among buildings and streets become the subject. People, time of day, color, and viewpoint can be adjusted separately.

Includes

  • Landscape art centered on urban buildings and streets

Excludes

  • A particular city or architectural style
  • A photographic genre
  • Portraiture merely set in a city

What this does not imply

  • A particular city, era, art style, or medium

Variability

Viewpoint and time of day can be specified separately.

Usage and adjustments

Usage

  • Specify only the urban landscape genre

Distinguish similar expressions

  • Specify a city name separately

Typical uses

  • Depict urban space

Possible failure modes

  • Urban cues are too few

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