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A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downward. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph , but also a drawing, and are often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.
The name of the anthology is a play on the phrase "bird's eye view", an elevated view of an object from above. However, 鳥, meaning bird, is replaced with 烏 meaning crow. It is generally accepted that this is meant to further the themes of anxiety and fear that the poetry deals with, as crows are traditionally associated with misfortune.
5 April 1969. ( 1969-04-05) –. 26 December 1971. ( 1971-12-26) Bird's Eye View is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1969 and 1971, initially transmitted on BBC2. It was edited by Edward Mirzoeff, and was filmed entirely from a helicopter. An initial Bird's Eye View of Great Britain was shown on Christmas Eve 1967 and ...
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Caption on image: No 1 Bird's Eye View Bonners Ferry Idaho Bonners Ferry was founded in northern Idaho in 1893 near an existing ferry over the Kootenai River. It first served as a supply station for the mines to the north but later became an important center for the timber and farming industries.
View of Venice, also known as the de' Barbari Map, is a monumental woodcut print showing a bird's-eye view of the city of Venice from the southwest. It bears the title and date "VENETIE MD" ("Venice 1500"). It was printed from six wooden blocks designed from 1498 to 1500 by Jacopo de' Barbari, and then published in late 1500 by the Nuremberg ...
Byrd's Word. (1955) Byrd's Eye View. (1956) Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill. (1956) Byrd's Eye View is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1955 and originally released on Tom Wilson 's Transition label. [1] The album was later re-released as part of the compilation CD set The Transition Sessions on the Blue Note label.
Fann began by stripping the leaves from the branches that would form the walls of the birds nest, and fitting them into a "flowing form integrating structural integrity with artistic flow."