Art Slide Library - Classification Scheme :: Brown University Library

Art Slide Library -- Classification Scheme

Cabinet No.		Located in Room 421 List Art Center
1		Ancient Theory.
1	PRH	Prehistoric. All media filed by site.
1	NE	Near Eastern (ancient only).
1	JEW	Jewish (ancient only).
1	EGY	Egyptian.
1	AEG	Aegean: Cycladic, Minoan, Helladic/Mycenaean.
1	CYP	Cypriote.
1-2	GRE	Greek. Sculpture subdivided Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic. Vase painting subdivided Archaic, Black-Figure, Red-Figure, White-Ground.
2	STC	Steppe Cultures.
2	THR	Thrace.
2	ETR	Etruscan.
2	ITL	Italic and Italiote.
2	P-N	Punic-Numidian.
2-3	ROM	Roman: Republican and Imperial. Includes provincial art and extends to 310 AD. Art under Constantine is filed as Early Christian.
2-3	ECH	Early Christian. Art of the West and the East from 310 AD through the 7th century, regardless of whether the subject matter is Christian. Also includes explicitly Christian art of the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Note that this category encompasses Early Byzantine.
3	BYZ	Middle and Late Byzantine (843-1453). Note that art in the Byzantine style executed in Italy and Russia is classified as Medieval.
3-5	MED	Medieval, 8th - 14th centuries.
5	MS	Manuscripts, filed by city, collection, and ms. no. Includes mss. of all periods except Islamic and Indian. Printed index by ms. name available.
5	ISL	Islamic. Includes mss.

Cabinet No.		Located in Room 423 List Art Center
6-11	R+B	Renaissance and Baroque interfiled, 1400-1800. (All American is considered Modern.)
12-22	MOD	Modern, 1800-present. Includes additional media categories of Photography, Film Stills, Computer Art, and Music. Sculpture includes Performance Art and Video. Artists are filed A-Z by name regardless of nationality. Architecture, however, is subdivided by nationality of architect.
21		Bell Gallery Exhibitions.
22	PRE-C	Pre-Columbian.
22	BRAZ, etc.	Latin American Traditional Arts.
22	N-A	Native American
22	OCEANIC	Oceanic.
22	ABO	Aborigine.
22	AFR	African.
22		Bell Gallery Exhibitions.
22	THEORY	General Theory, applicable to all periods of time. Academies; Anatomy; Anthropology; Archaeology; Artists' Aids; Body Decoration; Cartography; Cartoons; Children's Art; Color; Cosmology; Genealogy; Instruments;Landscapes; Machines; Museum Interiors; People (types); Perspective; Physiognomy; Psychological Perception; Psychology of Art; Techniques; Urbanization; Misc.
23-24	CHI	Chinese. Tomb finds filed by site under Architecture. Neolithic art filed as Prehistoric.
24	CAM	Cambodian.
24	IND	Indian. Includes mss. except Islamic.
24	INDON	Indonesian.
24	JAP	Japanese.
24	KOR	Korean.
24	PAK	Pakistani.
24	MAP	Maps, filed by continent, then by country. Maps of cities are filed by site under Architecture in the appropriate period as subdivision CP (city plan).

Classes above subdivided by media below as appropriate.