Art books are cataloged according to the following subject patterns:
MEDIUM | ex: painting, sculpture, installation
NATIONALITY | ex: art, French; painting, American
GENRE | ex: landscape painting; portrait painting
TIME PERIOD | ex: art, modern--21st century; painting, French--19th century
STYLE/MOVEMENT | ex: baroque; impressionism (art)
Exhibition Catalogs have subject headings for the name of the artist featured in an exhibition and name of the museum or gallery. To find exhibition catalogs, use the keyword "exhibitions" and the artist's name. Ex: Matisse AND exhibitions
Museum Catalogs are catalogs of a museum's permanent collection, and are cataloged by the name of the museum and the subdivision "catalogs" in the subject. To find museum catalogs, use the keyword "catalogs" and the name of the museum. Ex: Metropolitan Museum of Art AND catalogs
A catalogue raisonné is a comprehensive compilation of an artist's body of works, usually containing descriptions, provenance, exhibition history, etc.
To find an artist's catalogue raisonné in the Lee Library, search the artist's name and the term "catalogues raisonnés"
Ex: Van Gogh AND catalogues raisonnés
Check the current list of catalogues raisonnés in the Lee Library.
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N visual arts in general
NA architecture
NB sculpture
NC drawing, design, illustration
ND painting
NE prints
NK design, decorative arts
NX visual and performing arts
TR photography
TS industrial design (level 2)
Z 40-286 typography