nightscape

American  

[nahyt-skeyp] / ˈnaɪtˌskeɪp /

noun

1. a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.

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Example Sentences

The show’s title painting, oddly, verges on the cloying with its prairie dogs popping up in a moonlit nightscape.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2016

With that closing, Washington’s nightscape became more barren.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2015

Children can also create a nightscape of fireflies using a special dyeing technique.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2014

At every moment, her pale skin glows and her dilated pupils flit over the nightscape in serene rapture.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2014

There is a short street in Walworth Road—East Street—which is as perfect as any nightscape ever conceived by any artist.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas