If the photographer take the picture from a lower angle, such as from the ground, then the buildings will look bigger. Adding certain things such as humans or cars in the picture can also put into perspective how big the building is.
Andy Warhol's pop art paintings and screen prints, made in the 70's and 80's before his untimely death; throughout his life he was a renowned illustrator and created vast collections of images which have become iconic images of the era, including many works on "Campbell's Soup Cans" and Marilyn Diptychs" where he explored the ideas of commodification, consumerism, and celebrity culture through the lens of mass-production.
Well today we use cameras and we can edit, in the 1800s they didn’t have that type of technology