skyscapen.
/ˈskʌɪˌskeɪp/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌskeɪp/ A view of the sky; the visual appearance of the sky. Also: a painting or other artistic representation of the sky.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery > others
street scene1673
skyscape1811
streetscape1833
cityscape1856
skyline1875
townscape1880
roofscape1891
roadscape1899
farmscape1922
manscape1927
slumscape1947
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > landscape-painting > a landscape or view > type of
paysage1611
winter piece1612
rockscape1754
pastoral1798
skyscape1811
snow scene1836
icescape1839
cloudscape1868
townscape1880
winterscape1884
treescape1885
farmscape1886
cowscape1896
roadscape1899
cityscape1915
dunescape1928
slumscape1947
hellscape1959
jungle-scape1973
1811 in S. T. Coleridge Shorter Wks. & Fragm. (1995) I. 279 The particular shape of the Cloud, & its reference & reaction on the parts of the Land- or Sky-scape.
1817 R. Southey Let. 31 Oct. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) IV. 283 It was the unbroken horizon which impressed me,..and the skyscapes which it afforded.
1861 C. J. Andersson Okavango River x. 137 The beautiful and striking skyscapes and atmospheric coruscations attendant on these storms.
1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Introd. p. xli The great ancient Painters, whose backgrounds of portraits..rather than land-scape, or sea-scape, or sky-scape proper, assure us that they had eyes to look into..this so radiant and beautiful earth of ours.
1913 Country Gentleman 24 May 16/3 We country folks, free from factory smoke, get as good a skyscape as ever blesses a mariner in mid-ocean.
1970 Life 11 Dec. 16/2 Director David Lean has been trying to distract us with sea- and skyscapes of sparkling empty beauty.
2005 Indianapolis Monthly Apr. 68/1 O'Keeffe is less recognized for her works depicting the natural landscapes, rivers and skyscapes of the American Southwest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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