Saturday, April 18, 2009

Bird's- Eye View?

"A bird's-eye view is a view of an object from above, as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.

The term can also be used to describe oblique views, drawn from an imagined perspective.

Before manned flight was common, the term "bird's eye" was used to distinguish views drawn from direct observation at high locations (for example a mountain or tower), from those constructed from an imagined (bird's) perspectives.

Bird's eye views as a genre have existed since classical times. The last great flourishing of them was in the mid-to-late 19th century, when bird's eye view prints were popular in the United States and Europe."

ABOVE, the male bird, Jr. Max seems to have a bird's-view of her mate, Baby Neg and the other bird and the stuff below their four-feet tall cage.

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