Record pictures - Photographs from the Archive of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Door: Michael & Britain), Institution Of Civil Engineers (Great Collins

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• ISBN: 9783865210319
• Boekreferentie: Fotografie Algemeen
• Uitgever: Groothandel / BESTEL
• Taal: ------------------
• Categorie: Kennis en wetenschap
• Details: Linnen band, Goed
• Extra informatie: Before the invention of photography, civil engineers employed topographic artists to record the progression of their projects. Termed record pictures, these illustrations followed the tradition of the Dutch topographical landscapes of the seventeenth century, combining the qualities of detail and clarity with the objectivity of technical drawings. As such, record pictures had a scientific rather than an artistic purpose, just as most photography did in its infancy. Photography's prime value was
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