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2. Bird's-eye view - Wikipedia

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   Viewing frustum. v. t. e. 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.

3. Guadeloupe amazon - Wikipedia

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   The Guadeloupe amazon was first described in 1664 by the French botanist Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre, who also wrote about and illustrated the bird in 1667.The French clergyman Jean-Baptiste Labat described the bird in 1742, and it was mentioned in later natural history works by writers such as Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Comte de Buffon, and John Latham; the latter gave it the name "ruff-necked ...

4. Earthflight - Wikipedia

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   The documentary series gives a bird's-eye view of South America, as condors soar along the Andes, scarlet macaws explore the heart of the Amazon and hummingbirds and vultures see the continent's greatest sights. It is a journey that includes Machu Picchu, the Nasca Lines and the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Santiago.

5. View of Venice - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Aerial perspective (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Aerial perspective (disambiguation) Aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective refers to the effect on the appearance of an object by the atmosphere between it and a viewer. Aerial perspective may also refer to: aerial photography. aerial landscape art. bird's-eye view, elevated view of an object from above. top-down perspective. Categories:

7. Zooming (writing skill) - Wikipedia

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   Zooming is a writing skill, as outlined in secondary education, [1] that gives the reader the feeling of moving through space towards or away from a character or object, especially used in descriptive writing. It can be divided into two types: zooming in and zooming out. The idea of zooming finds and analog in the cinematic technique of the ...

8. John Bachmann - Wikipedia

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   John Bachmann, Sr. (Jan 31,1817–May 22,1899) was a Swiss-born lithographer and artist best known for his bird's-eye views, especially of New York City. He was a journeyman lithographic artist in Switzerland and Paris until 1847. His first known American print (credited to "C Bachmann" as artist and "J Bachmann" as publisher) appeared in 1848 ...

9. Recurring features in Mad - Wikipedia

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   Subjects commonly lampooned include medicine, office life, parties, marriage, psychiatry, shopping, school and other everyday activities. Although this feature eventually became notorious for its corny gags and garishly outdated fashion choices, the Mad editors reported that it was the magazine's most popular feature.