Categories for the Description of Works of Art (Research at the Getty)


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	CDWA CATEGORIES: OBJECT, ARCHITECTURE, OR GROUP

	Object/Work

	Classification

	Titles or Names

	Creation

	Styles/Periods/ Groups/ Movements

	Measurements

	Materials and Techniques

	Inscriptions/ Marks

	State

	Edition

	Facture

	Orientation/ Arrangement

	Physical Description

	Condition/ Examination History

	Conservation/ Treatment History

	Subject Matter

	Context

	Descriptive Note

	Critical Responses

	Related Works

	Current Location

	Copyright/ Restrictions

	Ownership/ Collecting History

	Exhibition/Loan History

	Cataloging History

	Related Visual Documentation

	Related Textual References

	CDWA CATEGORIES: AUTHORITIES/ VOCABULARY CONTROL

	Person/Corporate Body Authority

	Place/Location Authority

	Generic Concept Authority

	Subject Authority



	Cataloging Examples

	Entity Relationship Diagram

	The CDWA and Other Metadata Standards

	Metadata Standards Crosswalk

	Bibliography



	Indicates a "core" category

J. Paul Getty Trust

College Art Association

Revised 9 June 2009 by Patricia Harpring
Murtha Baca and Patricia Harpring, Editors

Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts (print), ca. 1690
probably engraved by Pierre Lepautre (1660-1744), active in Paris, France
from Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts, ou, Recueil d'estampes gravés d'après les tableaux d'un plafond ou les beaux arts sont representées avec explication de ces mêmes tableaux.
Dedication by Charles or Claude Perrault, pl. 2
Research Library, The Getty Research Institute
88-B12341

Guidelines for the description of art objects and images, including a discussion of issues involved in building art information systems.

Revised 9 June 2009

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