Browsing Areas & Subject Headings

Browsing Areas – Library of Congress Classification

Shelf browsing areas which will be helpful for researchers of 17th Century Dutch painting will all fall under class N. Within that class it will be appropriate to browse subclass N (visual arts), and subclass ND (painting). Please note that materials which fall under this classification system may be shelved in a number of places: Reference 2nd Floor, 3rd Floor Stacks, 3rd Floor Oversize and Automated Retrieval. Following is a breakdown of specific areas with the appropriate classes and subclasses which might be of particular interest.

N - Visual Arts (General)

Subclass N-
N400-3990 -- Art museums, galleries, etc.
N4390-5098 -- Exhibitions
N5300-7418 -- History
N7420-7525.8 -- General works
N7560-8266 -- Special subjects of art

Subclass ND-
ND – Painting
ND25-(48) -- General
ND49-813 -- History
ND1130-1156 -- General works
ND1300-1337 -- Portraits
ND1340-1367 -- Landscape painting
ND1390-1393 -- Still life

Subject Headings – Library of Congress Subject Headings

Use these Library of Congress Subject Headings when searching for records in the library catalog. Not all of these subject headings will return records in the catalog, but it is possible to find records from other catalogs via resources like WorldCat, and request items through Interlibrary Loan. It is also possible to search many of the aggregate databases with these subject headings of variations thereof. The subject headings set in bold are most likely to retrieve results for this material.

Painting, Baroque
Painting, Baroque--Netherlands
Painting, Baroque--Netherlands--Exhibitions

Painting, Dutch
Painting, Dutch--17th century
Painting, Dutch--17th century--Catalogs
Painting, Dutch--17th century—Exhibitions
Painting, Dutch--History

Painting, European
Painting, European--17th century

Painting--History
Painting--History--17th-18th centuries
Painting--History--Dictionaries

Painting, Late Renaissance

Painting, Modern 17th-18th centuries
Painting, Modern--17th-18th centuries--Europe
Painting, Modern--17th-18th centuries--Netherlands
Painting, Modern--17th century

Painting, Netherlandish
Painting, Netherlandish--Catalogs
Painting, Netherlandish--ExhibitionsPainting--Netherlands--History