Architecture in Photographs

by Gordon Baldwin

From the invention of photography in 1839, architecture was second only to portraiture as the most favored subject for the camera. The fact that buildings were immobile was advantageous for the long exposures needed in the early days, but architectural images were popular for other reasons: they documented dynastic, civic, and religious achievements; educated architects about construction and decorative details; and whetted curiosity about distant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606061526
• ISBN13: 9781606061527
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 8.8"