811 - JÄGER UND GOERGEN (20th), Views of Munich, around 1900, heliogravure/photogravure

JÄGER UND GOERGEN (20th), Views of Munich, around 1900, heliogravure/photogravure Jäger und Goergen (20th century): JÄGER & GOERGEN, Views of Munich, c. 1900, heliogravure/photogravure Technique: heliogravure/photogravure on Paper Date: c. 1900 Description: From the publishing house Monachia (Hermann Tietz), "Photographische Aufnahmen von Jäger & Goergen, München", "Kupferdruck der Deutschen Photogravur AG/Siegburg b/Köln". Illustrated book with views of Munich with large-format black and white photographs. Including views of the Royal Court Garden, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Karolinenplatz with obelisk. Original photography with high sharpness of detail. An early example of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from bourgeois circles travelled around Europe. At that time, photographs could only be taken at great expense in terms of time and with expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site, so that they could bring back a souvenir from their holiday home or collect them as mementos. The photographers photographed the most famous sights in their home towns and travelled themselves to photograph their customers' favourite destinations and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting the art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on copies or engravings if they were unable to view the original themselves. Keywords: 20th century, Historicism, Architecture, Germany, Munich, Size: Paper: 34,0 cm x 26,3 cm (13,4 x 10,4 in) Condition: Good condition. The corners of the pages are bumped and some show pale discolouration, although this does not affect the image. The binding is damaged in places.