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Viewing frustum. v. t. e. A bird's-eye viewis an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspectiveas if the observer were a birdin 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.
Eyewitness Books (called Eyewitness Guides in the UK) is a series of educational nonfiction books. They were first published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley in 1988. The series now has over 160 titles on a variety of subjects, such as dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, flags, chemistry, music, the solar system, film, and William Shakespeare .
On Friday morning, the world learned of the passing of Harper Lee, the beloved author of one of the most influential books in American history, To Kill a Mockingbird. One of two books that Lee had ...
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 ...
Every once in a while, great investors step back and view the market from afar. Doing so grounds their strategy and helps them avoid the mistakes that affect us all, such as buying at the height ...
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."
Bark, sound of a dog. Bleat, sound of a sheep. Buzz, sound of bees or insects flying. Chirp, bird call. Chirp, sound made by rubbing together feet or other body parts, e.g. by a cricket or a cicada. Gobble, a turkey call. Growl, low, guttural vocalization produced by predatory animals. Hiss, sound made by a snake.