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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.
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.
Modernist abstraction and the aerial landscape. The artist Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935), who wrote extensively on the aesthetics and philosophy of modern art, identified the aerial landscape (especially the "bird's-eye view", looking straight down, as opposed to an oblique angle) as a genuinely new and radicalizing paradigm in the art of the twentieth century.
View of Venice. 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 ...
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English: Bird's-eye view of Poughkeepsie, New York from the Walkway Over the Hudson. The Hudson River is visible in the background. Date: 1 May 2010: Source: Own work:
English: Title: Bird's-eye view from river, Schickshinny, Pa. Subjects: Rivers; ... Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art.
English: Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 923 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 923 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.