Library of Congress Call Letters -Art Guide

N Visual Arts
400-4042      Art museums, galleries, etc.
4390-5098    Exhibitions
5198-5299    Private collections and collectors
5300-7418    History of art
7429.7-7433 Technique, composition, style, etc.
7475-7483    Art criticism
7575-7624.5 Portraits
7790-8199    Religious art
8554-8585    Examination and conservation of works of art
8600-8675    Economics of art
8700-9165    Art and the state. Public art

NA Architecture
190-1614     History. Historical monuments
2695-2793   Architectural design and drawing
2835-4050   Architectural details, motives, decoration, etc.
4100-8480   Special classes of buildings
9000-9428   Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautification

NB Sculpture

NC Drawing. Design. Illustration.
997-1003     Commercial art. Advertising art
1300-1766   Caricature. Pictorial humor and satire
1800-1850   Posters

ND Painting
1290-1460   Special subjects (including human figure, landscapes, animals, still life, flowers)
1700-2495   Watercolor painting
2550-2888   Mural painting
2890-3416   Illuminating of manuscripts and books

NE Print media
1-978 Printmaking and engraving
1000-1352 Wood engraving. Woodcuts. Xylography. Block printing
1400-1879 Metal engraving. Copper, steel, etc. Including color prints
1940-2232 Etching and aquatint
2236-2239 Serigraphy
2250-2570 Lithography
2800-2890 Printing of engravings

NK Decorative arts. Applied arts. Decoration and ornament. (Including antiques in general)
1135-1149 Arts and crafts movement
1700-3505 Interior decoration. House decoration
3600-9955 Other arts and art industries
3700-4695 Ceramics. Pottery. Porcelain
4700-4890 Costume and its accessories
4997-6060 Enamel. Glass. Glyptic arts (including gems, jade, ivory, bone)
6400-8459 Metalwork (including armor, jewelry, plate, brasses, pewter
8800-9505 Textile arts and art needlework
9600-9955 Woodwork (including carvings, fretwork, inlaying)

NX Arts in general--including works dealing with two or more of the fine arts media,
i.e. literature, performing arts, and the visual arts.
654-694      Religious arts
700-750      Patronage of the arts
798-820      Special arts centers

TR Photography

The art history researcher should also consider the following:
D     History (General)
DA Great Britain including Wales, Scotland, Ireland
DB Austria, Liechtenstein, Hungary Czechoslovakia
DC France
DD Germany
DE   Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
DF   Greece (including ancient Greece, Byzantine Empire, Modern Greece)
DG   Italy
DH   Belgium, Luxemburg
DJ    Holland
DJK Eastern Europe
DK   Soviet Union, Poland
DL   Northern Europe: Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland
DP   Spain, Portugal
DQ   Switzerland
DR   Balkan Peninsula
DS   Asia
DT Africa
DU Oceania including South Sea islands, Australia, New Zealand
DX Gypsies
E     United States
F     American local history, Mexico, Latin America

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