LCSH for Art Architecture 2009 Revision 8 19 2009

LCSH for Art & Architecture 2009 Revision 8/19/2009 1

Art n n H 1250 Art and Fine Art (Overview) For art, arrays are used rather than single headings Use subject arrays to bring out art historical periods, styles, themes, ownership, etc. H 1148 Pattern heading subdivisions 8/19/2009 2

Definitions n n n Art (“fine art”): painting, sculpture, drawing, prints. Art (“visual arts”): fine art, decorative art, & architecture considered collectively Arts: visual arts, literature, and the performing arts (e. g. theater, dance, music) considered collectively 8/19/2009 3

Obsolete Practices (1) n n n OBSOLETE: Singular term=technique, aesthetics, history. Example: Painting OBSOLETE: Plural term=catalogs, reproductions, restoration. Example: Paintings CURRENT (since 1977): Use singular for both categories: Painting 8/19/2009 4

Obsolete Practices (2) n OBSOLETE: Geographic subdivision followed chronological subdivision for modern period. n n 1. Painting, Modern $y 20 th century $z France $z Rouen. 2. Painting, French $z France $z Rouen. CURRENT (since 2001): n 8/19/2009 Painting, French $z France $z Rouen $y 20 th century. 5

More than one artist (H 1250) n n Art form with national, regional, ethnic or religious qualifier $z place of origin $y period Art form with period qualifier $z place of origin [pre-1500 only!] 8/19/2009 n n n Style, movement $z Place of origin Theme Art form $z Present location Owner Other headings as appropriate 6

--History (H 1250) n n n Use –History only for headings assigned to general, all-inclusive terms: 650 _0 $a Prints $x History. Do not use–History to works limited to headings for one country or after form subdivisions like –Art, --Portraits: 650 _0 $a Art, Japanese. $x History. Do not use the subdivision –History and criticism with art headings 8/19/2009 7

Pattern headings (H 1148) (1) n n n Use H 1148 for fine arts H 1148 chronological subdivisions are not free floating if the art form is qualified by time period [but may be editorially established] Use H 1148 for other art forms only if qualified by nationality, region, ethnic group, or time period; otherwise, DO NOT USE FOR: decorative arts, architecture, performing arts, and art headings qualified by religion 8/19/2009 8

Pattern headings (H 1148) (2) n n n Use chronological subdivisions under Art, Italian for art of any nationality except Chinese, Japanese & Korean There are separate chronological subdivisions for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art Use form/topical subdivisions in H 1148 if applicable; otherwise use subdivisions in H 1095, H 1110, etc. 8/19/2009 9

Chronological Subdivisions under Art, Italian (H 1148) n n Range is 10 th century through 21 st century --History is not inserted before century Not free-floating under unqualified art forms (Sculpture) Not free-floating under art forms qualified by time-period (Sculpture, Modern) 8/19/2009 10

More than one artist. Examples: national, regional qualifiers 650 _0 $a Landscape painting, French $z France $z Paris $y 17 th century. 650 _0 $a Prints, English $y 18 th century. 650_0 $a Sculpture, Chinese $z China $z Longmen Caves $y Three kingdoms-Sui dynasty, 220 -618 $v Exhibitions. 650 _0 $a Art, Middle Eastern $y 20 th century. 8/19/2009 11

More than one artist. Example: ethnic & chronological qualifiers England’s earliest sculptors. 1. 650 _0 $a Sculpture, Anglo-Saxon $z England. 2. 660 _0 $a Sculpture, Medieval $z England. BUT: Maori : art and culture. 1. 650 _0 $a Art, Maori. $z New Zealand. 8/19/2009 12

More than one artist. Example: religious & nationality qualifier pairing Stilkritische Untersuchungen zur buddhistischen Holzskulptur der Nara- und der fru hen Heian -Zeit. 1. 650 _0 $a Gods, Buddhist, in art. 2. 650 _0 $a Sculpture, Buddhist $z Japan. 3. 650 _0 $a Sculpture, Japanese $y To 794. 4. 650 _0 $a Sculpture, Japanese $y Heian period, 794 -1185. 8/19/2009 13

More than one artist. Examples: chronological qualifiers (pre-1500) Chronological qualifier 1. Relief (Sculpture), German $z Germany $z Halberstadt $y 13 th century. 2. Relief (Sculpture), Medieval $z Germany $z Halberstadt. n Implied chronological period: 1. Sculpture, French $z France $z Autun. 2. Sculpture, Romanesque $z France $z Autun. n 8/19/2009 14

Pre-Medieval chronology pairing n n Art of ancient Bengal terracottas. 650 _0 $a Terra-cotta sculpture, Indic $z India $z Bengal. 650 _0 Sculpture, Ancient $z India $z Bengal. Greek sculpture : function, materials, and techniques in the archaic and classical periods. 650 _0 $a Sculpture, Greek. 8/19/2009 15

Other Pre-Medieval qualifiers n Examples: n n n 8/19/2009 Art, Minoan Bronze sculpture, Hellenistic Marble sculpture, Classical Mural painting and decoration, Roman Relief (Sculpture), Assyro-Babylonian Sculpture, Greco-Roman 16

More than one artist. Examples: chronological qualifiers (post-1500) n n No chronological qualifier: 1. Art, American $z Kansas $y 20 th century. 2 nd subject with implied period: 1. Sculpture, German $z Germany $z Bavaria $y 17 th century. 2. Sculpture, Baroque $z Germany $z Bavaria. Chronological qualifier for general survey 1. Sculpture, Modern $y 19 th century. Implied period for general survey: 1. Sculpture, Victorian. 8/19/2009 17

More than one artist. Examples: Chronological subdivisions 650 _0 $a Drawing, English $y 18 th century $v Catalogs. BUT: 650 _0 $a Drawing, Medieval $z Italy $v Catalogs. [catalog of 14 th century drawings] 650 _0 $a Furniture $z United States $x History $y 20 th century $v Exhibitions. 650 _0 $a Art, Buddhist $z China. [cannot assign Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B. C. -220 A. D. ] 8/19/2009 18

More than one artist. Examples: styles, movements, themes Prints, Victorian. Naturalism in art. Tears in art. New Haven (Conn. ) $x In art. Washington, George, $d 1732 -1799 $x Portraits. 8/19/2009 19

More than one artist. Example: location, ownership (1) Treasures of Asian art : the Asia Society's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3 rd Collection. 1. 650 _0 $a Art, Asian $v Catalogs. 2. 600 10 $a Rockefeller, John D. , $d 1906 - $x Art collections $v Catalogs [H 1427] 3. 600 10 $a Rockefeller, Blanchette Hooker, $d 1909 - $x Art collections $v Catalogs. [H 1427] 4. 610 20 $a Asia Society. $b Galleries $v Catalogs. [H 1427] 8/19/2009 20

More than one artist. Example: location, ownership (2) Treasures of Asian art : the Asia Society's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3 rd Collection. 5. 650 _0 $a Art $x Private collections $z New York (State) $z New York $v Catalogs. 6. 650 _0 $a Art $z New York (State) $z New York $v Catalogs. 8/19/2009 21

Art by a Single Artist n n Heading for the artist with free-floating subdivisions from H 1110 Headings for style, theme, location, ownership (see More than one artist) Biographical headings if appropriate from H 1330 Do not assign [art form with national, regional, ethnic, religious, or period qualifier] 8/19/2009 22

Art by a Single Artist EXAMPLE (Lucian Freud : etchings from the Paine Webber art collection) 1. 600 10 $a Freud, Lucian $v Exhibitions. 2. 650 _0 $a Figurative art, British $v Exhibitions.