Going into Detail: Photography and its use at the Drawing and Design Schools of Amsterdam 1880-1910

Series Rijksmuseum Studies in Photography, vol 7 -2009. In a world accustomed to drawings and prints, the photograph was dazzling and extraordinarily rich in information. Towards the end of the 19th century it was used to document and record monuments and buildings.The drawing and design schools that were established in Amsterdam in the late 19th century had extensive photographic collections at their disposal.