OBJECT, ARCHITECTURE, OR GROUP
1. Object/Work 
2. Classification
3. Titles or Names
4. Creation
5. Styles/Periods/Groups/Movements
6. Measurements
7. Materials and Techniques
8. Inscriptions/Marks
9. State
10. Edition
11. Facture
12. Orientation/Arrangement
13. Physical Description
14. Condition/Examination History
15. Conservation/Treatment History
16. Subject Matter
17. Context
18. Descriptive Note
19. Critical Responses
20. Related Works
21. Current Location
22. Copyright/Restrictions
23. Ownership/Collecting History
24. Exhibition/Loan History
25. Cataloging History
26. Related Visual Documentation
27. Related Textual References
AUTHORITIES
28. Person/Corporate Body Authority
29. Place/Location Authority
30. Generic Concept Authority
31. Subject Authority
[Related Visual Documentation contains subcategories for
an Image Authority.
Related Textual References contains subcategories for a Citations
Authority.]
OBJECT, ARCHITECTURE, OR GROUP
1. OBJECT/WORK
Definition: An identification of the type and number
of works described.
1.1. CATALOG LEVEL
Definition: An indication of the level of cataloging
represented by the record, based on the physical form or intellectual
content of the material (e.g., group, subgroup, volume,
item, first-level).
1.2. OBJECT/WORK TYPE
Definition: The kind of object or work described
(e.g., refectory table, altarpiece, portfolio, drawing,
drinking vessel, basilica, dome).
1.3. OBJECT/WORK TYPE DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when the object/work type is or was applicable (e.g.,
1887, 1946-1972, from 500 BCE).
1.3.1. EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest date on which the object/work
type is or was applicable (e.g., 1887, 1946, 1670).
1.3.2. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest date on which the object/work
type is or was applicable (e.g., 1887, 1972, 1699).
1.4. COMPONENTS/PARTS
Definition: The kinds of parts of the object, work,
or group described and how many of them there are (e.g., the
portfolio comprises 10 lithographs).
1.4.1. COMPONENTS QUANTITY
Definition: The number of parts of a specific type
that constitute the object or work described (e.g., 10,
30).
1.4.2. COMPONENTS TYPE
Definition: The kind of components of the object
or work described (e.g., lithographs, panels, drawings).
1.5. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
1.6. CITATIONS
Definition: A reference to a bibliographic source,
unpublished document, or opinion that provides the information
recorded in this category.
1.6.1. PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date
accessed for Web sites, and any other information indicating
where in the source the information was found.
2. CLASSIFICATION
Definition: Placement of a work of art or
architecture within a classification scheme that groups other,
similar works together on the basis of similar characteristics.
2.1. CLASSIFICATION TERM
Definition: The term from a classification scheme that
has been assigned to a work (e.g., furniture, painting,
architecture, graphic arts).
2.2. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
2.3. CITATIONS
Definition: An identification of the scheme or
structure from which the classification term is drawn (e.g.,
AAT, Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging).
2.3.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
3. TITLES OR NAMES
Definition: The titles or names given to a work of
art, architecture, or group, as well as the type of title,
and the dates when the title was valid.
3.1. TITLE TEXT
Definition: Titles, identifying phrases, or names
given to a work of art, architecture, or material culture.
For complex works, series, or collections, the title may refer
to a discrete unit within the larger entity (a print from
a series, a photograph in a collection, a panel from a fresco
cycle, a building within a temple complex) or it may identify
only the larger entity (series, collection, cycle) itself
(e.g., Venus and Cupid, Noli me tangere, Portrait
of Thomas Jefferson, Ceramic fruit bowl, Untitled,
Empire State Building, Album of 65 Studies).
3.2. TITLE TYPE
Definition: The kind of title or name assigned
to a work (e.g., repository, descriptive, inscribed,
artist's, former).
3.3. PREFERENCE
Definition: An indication of whether the title
is the preferred title for the work (e.g., preferred, alternate).
3.4. TITLE LANGUAGE
Definition: The language of the title or name (e.g.,
English, French, Italian).
3.5. TITLE DATE
Definition: A description of the date on which
a particular title was assigned to the work, or a range of
dates during which a title was known to be valid (e.g., 1887,
1946-1972, late 17th century).
3.5.1. EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest date on which a particular
title was assigned to the work or was valid (e.g., 1887,
1946, 1670).
3.5.2. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest date on which a particular
title was assigned to the work or was valid (e.g., 1887,
1972, 1699).
3.6. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
3.7. CITATIONS
Definition: A reference to a bibliographic source,
unpublished document, or opinion that provides the basis for
the title or name assigned to the work.
3.7.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
4. CREATION
Definition: The creation, design, execution, or
production of a work of art or architecture and its components,
including all those responsible for the creation of the work
or items in the group, the dates of that activity, and where
the creation took place.
4.1. CREATOR DESCRIPTION
Definition: The name, brief biographical information,
and roles (if necessary) of the named or anonymous individuals
or corporate bodies responsible for the design, production,
manufacture, or alteration of the work, presented in a syntax
suitable for display to the end-user and including any necessary
indications of uncertainty, ambiguity, and nuance. If there
is no known creator, make a reference to the presumed culture
or nationality of the unknown creator (e.g., Christopher
Wren, attributed to Kicking Bear, follower of the Limbourg
Brothers, Tintoretto with additions by unknown 16th-century
Venetian).
4.1.1. CREATOR EXTENT
Definition: The part of a work contributed by a
particular creator (e.g., design, predella, dome, with
additions by).
4.1.2. CREATOR QUALIFIER
Definition: An expression of the certainty with
which a work can be attributed to a known artist or group,
used when the attribution is uncertain, is in dispute, when
there is more than one creator, when there is a former attribution,
or when the attribution otherwise requires explanation (e.g.,
attributed to, follower of, in the manner of).
4.1.3. CREATOR IDENTITY
Definition: The identity of any one individual
or corporate body that played a role in the creation of a
work of art or architecture, ideally a link to the PERSON/CORPORATE
BODY AUTHORITY. For unknown artists, it is an expression indicating
the culture, nationality, or stylistic association of the
creator, also ideally linked to the PERSON/CORPORATE BODY
AUTHORITY (e.g., Wren, Christopher; Bartolo di Fredi; unknown
Maya.)
4.1.4. CREATOR ROLE
Definition: The role or activity performed by a
creator or maker in the conception, design, or production
of a work (e.g., draftsman, designer, artist).
4.1.5. CREATOR STATEMENT
Definition: Opinions offered by the artist or creator
of a work that interpret and provide further information about
the work and the process of its creation (e.g., studies
after the Antique; painted in Autumn 1892, from Sentinel
Meadow facing the Falls).
4.2. CREATION DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates associated with the creation, design, production,
presentation, performance, construction, or alteration of
the work or its components, presented in a syntax suitable
for display to the end-user and including any necessary indications
of uncertainty, ambiguity, and nuance (e.g., 1667, ca.
1210, 17th century, before 952 BCE, reign of Rameses II).
4.2.1. EARLIEST DATE
Definition: The earliest possible date when the
work of art or architecture was created. For works that were
created over a span of time, this is the year when the work
was designed or when execution was begun. For uncertain or
approximate dates, this is the earliest possible year when
the work could have been begun or designed (e.g., 1205,
-970, 1600).
4.2.2. LATEST DATE
Definition: The latest possible date when the work
of art or architecture was created. For works that were created
over a span of time, this is the year when the work was completed
or when the structure was dedicated. For uncertain or approximate
dates, this is the latest possible year when the work could
have been completed (e.g., 1215, -952, 1699).
4.2.3. DATE
QUALIFIER
Definition: A clarification of the meaning of the
date, including an indication that different creative activities
took place on different dates (e.g., design, execution,
alteration, performance, restoration, destruction, discovery).
4.3. CREATION PLACE /ORIGINAL
LOCATION
Definition: The location where the creation, design,
or production of the work or its components took place, or
the original location of the work (e.g., Oxford (Oxfordshire,
England); probably upper Egypt).
4.3.1. PLACE
QUALIFIER
Definition: A clarification of the significance
of the place or location, including an indication that different
creative activities took place at different locations (e.g.,
publication, assembly).
4.4. OBJECT/WORK CULTURE
Definition: The name of the culture, people, or nationality
from which the work originated (e.g., Celtic, Chinese,
Italian).
4.5. COMMISSIONER
Definition: The name of the individual, organization,
association, or group that commissioned the work from its
creator (e.g., Charles II, Pope Pius V, IBM).
4.5.1. COMMISSIONER ROLE
Definition: The profession or occupation of the
commissioner of the work, restricted to the role that is relevant
to the commission itself. If the commissioner is a group or
organization, its major business or activity relevant to the
commission (e.g., king, pope, corporation).
4.5.2. COMMISSION DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when a work was commissioned (1666, before 1572,
July 1993).
4.5.2.1. EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest possible date when the
work was commissioned (e.g., 1666, 1550, 1993).
4.5.2.2. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest possible date when the work
was commissioned (e.g., 1666, 1572, 1993).
4.5.3. COMMISSION PLACE
Definition: The geographic location where the work
was commissioned (e.g., London (England); Italy; probably
Teotihuacán (México state, México)).
4.5.4. COMMISSION COST
Definition: The amount paid for the creation of
a work, or for the completion of a particular part of the
work (e.g., £140, $100,000).
4.6. CREATION NUMBERS
Definition: Any numbers assigned to a work of art
in the context of its creation (e.g., 00334348).
4.6.1. NUMBER TYPE
Definition: The type of number assigned to a work
in the context of its creation (e.g., serial number).
4.7. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
4.8. CITATIONS
Definition: The source, published or unpublished,
of additional information on the creation of the work.
4.8.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
5. STYLES/PERIODS/GROUPS/MOVEMENTS
Definition: A description of a work of art or architecture
that associates it with a defined style, historical period,
group, school, or movement whose characteristics are represented
in the work.
5.1. STYLES/PERIODS DESCRIPTION
Definition: A prose description of the salient
characteristics of a work in relation to a particular style,
historical period, group, school, or movement (e.g., The
gardens of Versailles represent the culmination of a development
that started more than a hundred years earlier. The Early
Renaissance garden still retained its medieval character of
hortus conclusus....During the sixteenth century, this concept
of static perfection was substituted by the idea of a mysterious
and fantastic world consisting of a variety of 'places.').[1]
5.2. STYLES/PERIODS INDEXING
TERMS
Definition: The term or terms identifying a style,
historical period, school, or art movement whose characteristics
are represented by the work (e.g., Baroque, Fauve,
Mannerist, Nayarit).
5.2.1. TERM
QUALIFIER
Definition: A term identifying the type represented
in the indexing terms (e.g., style, period, group, movement,
dynasty).
5.3. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
5.4. CITATIONS
Definition: A reference to the bibliographic source
or unpublished document that provides the basis upon which
a stylistic or period term was assigned to or associated with
the work.
5.4.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
6. MEASUREMENTS
Definition: Information about the size, shape,
scale, and dimensions of a work of art or architecture.
6.1. DIMENSIONS DESCRIPTION
Definition: Information about the dimensions, size,
or scale of the work, presented in a syntax suitable for display
to the end-user and including any necessary indications of
uncertainty, ambiguity, and nuance. It may include the scale
of the work. It may also include the number of the parts of
a complex work, series, or collection (e.g., 23.9 x 35.8
x 8.3 cm, 76 x 41 x 39 feet, 56.8 cm (diameter), sheets range
from 20.3 to 49 cm height).
6.2. DIMENSIONS TYPE
Definition: The kind of dimension taken of a particular
area or part of a work (e.g., height, width, depth,
circumference).
6.3. DIMENSIONS VALUE
Definition: The numerical value of the dimension
taken of a work (e.g., 76, 23.9).
6.4. DIMENSIONS UNIT
Definition: The unit of measurement used (e.g.,
inches, feet, centimeters).
6.5. DIMENSIONS EXTENT
Definition: An explanation of the part of the work
being measured; included when necessary for clarity (e.g.,
image, overall, secondary support).
6.6. SCALE TYPE
Definition: A term describing the scale, which
is an expression of the ratio between the size of the representation
of something and that thing (e.g., the size of the drawn structure
and the actual built work). Used for studies, record drawings,
models, and other representations drawn or constructed to
scale (e.g., numeric, full-size, life-size, half size,
monumental).
6.7. DIMENSIONS QUALIFIER
Definition: A word or phrase that elaborates on
the nature of the measurements of the work when necessary,
as when the measurements are approximate (e.g., maximum,
irregular, with base).
6.8. DIMENSIONS DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when the measurement was determined, or a range of
dates when a historical measurement was known to be valid
(e.g., May 1970, 1842-1896).
6.8.1. EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest date for which the dimensions
are known to be valid (e.g., 1970, 1842).
6.8.2. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest date for which the dimensions
are known to be valid (e.g., 9999, 1896).
6.9. SHAPE
Definition: The outline, form, or characteristic
configuration of a work, or part of a work, including its
contours, used for unusual shapes (e.g., round, hexagonal).
6.10. FORMAT/SIZE
Definition: The configuration of a work, including
technical formats, or the conventional designation for the
dimensions or proportion of a work (e.g., longline, VHS,
Beta, half-plate, elephant folio).
6.11. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
6.12. CITATIONS
Definition: The source from which the measurements
were obtained.
6.12.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
7. MATERIALS/TECHNIQUES
Definition: The substances or materials used in
the creation of a work of art or architecture, as well as
any production or manufacturing techniques, processes, or
methods incorporated in its fabrication. This information
includes a description of both the materials used to create
the work and the way in which they were put together.
7.1. MATERIALS/TECHNIQUES DESCRIPTION
Definition: An indication of the substances or
materials used in the creation of a work, as well as any implements,
production or manufacturing techniques, processes, or methods
incorporated in its fabrication, presented in a syntax suitable
for display to the end user and including any necessary indications
of uncertainty, ambiguity, and nuance. For works on paper,
descriptions of watermarks may also be included (For marks
applied to the work or support by the artist or subsequently
by another person, see INSCRIPTIONS.) (e.g., oil on canvas,
egg-tempera paint with tooled gold-leaf halos on panel,
Carrara marble on granite base).
7.2. MATERIALS/TECHNIQUES EXTENT
Definition: The specific part of a work composed
of a certain material manufactured or created using a particular
technique (e.g., surface, statue, base, backing board).
7.3. TECHNIQUE NAME
Definition: The names of the means, method, process,
or technique by which a material was used in the creation
of a work (e.g., drawing, sculpting, painting, impasto,
gilding, burnishing, overpainting, timber-framed).
7.4. TECHNIQUE IMPLEMENT
Definition: The name of any implement or tool used
to create the work using the process or technique (e.g., pen,
chisel, air brush, palette knife).
7.5. MATERIAL ROLE
Definition: The role that a material plays in the
composition of the work (e.g., medium, support).
7.6. MATERIAL NAME
Definition: The name of the matter, material, or
substance used to create the work of art or architecture (e.g.,
bronze, oil paint, ink, graphite, chalk, laid paper,
wood, canvas, burlap sacking, adobe).
7.7. MATERIAL COLOR
Definition: The color of the material of which
a work is composed (e.g., white, vivid yellow).
7.8. MATERIAL SOURCE PLACE
Definition: The geographic place from which the
materials used to create the work originated (e.g., Carrara
(Tuscany, Italy), Australia, Enugu state (Nigeria)).
7.9. WATERMARKS
Definition: A description of marks inherent in
or applied to the material before it was fashioned into the
work, including watermarks and stationers' stamps or marks
(e.g., foolscap, fleur-de-lys above a banded shield).
7.9.1. WATERMARK IDENTIFICATION
Definition: An identification of the watermark
type or name (e.g., fleur-de-lys).
7.9.2. WATERMARK
DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates during which a particular watermark or other mark
in a material was in widespread use (e.g., ca. 1740 - ca.
1752, before 1574).
7.9.2.1. EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest date when a particular
mark was known to be in widespread use (e.g., 1730, 1550).
7.9.2.1. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest date when a particular mark
was known to be in widespread use (e.g., 1762, 1574).
7.10. PERFORMANCE ACTIONS
Definition: An identification and description of
any actions to be performed during the execution of the work,
used primarily for performance art (e.g., dance, recitation).
7.11. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
7.12. CITATIONS
Definition: References to the sources of the information
included in any of the Materials and Techniques subcategories,
including sources that helped identify a particular material
or technique.
7.12.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
8. INSCRIPTIONS/MARKS
Definition: A description of distinguishing
or identifying physical markings, lettering, annotations,
texts, or labels that are a part of a work or are affixed,
applied, stamped, written, inscribed, or attached to the work,
excluding any mark or text inherent in materials (record watermarks
in MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES).
8.1. INSCRIPTION TRANSCRIPTION
OR DESCRIPTION
Definition: The transcription or description of
the content of the inscription, mark, or text, which includes
the material or medium in which the inscription, mark, or
text was executed; its support if it is on a separate piece
affixed to the object; the method by which the inscription,
mark, or text was produced; and a brief description of the
content or appearance of the inscription or mark (e.g., signed
and dated upper right: Rembrandt f. / 1635; inscribed on the
foot with partially preserved name of painter Euphronios and
illegible name of the potter).
8.2. INSCRIPTION TYPE
Definition: The kind of inscription, stamp, mark,
or text written on or applied to the work (e.g., signed,
dated, colophon, collector's stamp, hallmark).
8.3. INSCRIPTION AUTHOR
Definition: The name or a phrase identifying the
author or person responsible for the mark, inscription, or
text found on a work (e.g., Rembrandt van Rijn, unknown).
8.4. INSCRIPTION LOCATION
Definition: The position on the work where an inscription
or mark is found (e.g., upper right, foot, within letter
block, verso, over main entrance).
8.5. INSCRIPTION LANGUAGE
Definition: The language of the inscription or
the language of the text in a primarily textual work (e.g.,
Italian, Latin, Sanskrit).
8.6. TYPEFACE/LETTERFORM
Definition: The name or a descriptive phrase that
identifies the typeface or script used in an inscription (e.g.,
open letters, Gothic script).
8.7. MARK IDENTIFICATION
Definition: An identification of the mark type
or name (e.g., Sèvres double Louis).
8.8. INSCRIPTION DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when an inscription or mark was added to a work (e.g.,
1635, ca. 515 BCE, 18th century).
8.8.1.EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest date when the inscription
or mark could have been added (e.g., 1635, -525, 1700).
8.8.2. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest date when the inscription
or mark could have been added (e.g., 1635, -505, 1799).
8.9. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
8.10. CITATIONS
Definition: A reference to a bibliographic source
where the mark or signature is described or transcribed, or
where information about a mark or inscription was found.
8.10.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
9. STATE
Definition: The relationship of a work created
in multiples, such as a print, to other stages of the same
work.
9.1. STATE DESCRIPTION
Definition: An indication of the relationship of
the work to other stages of the same work (e.g., 3rd of
5 states, artist's proof).
9.2. STATE IDENTIFICATION
Definition: The identifying number or name assigned
to the state of a work that exists in more than one form (e.g.,
3, artist's proof).
9.3. KNOWN STATES
Definition: For numbered states, the total number
of identified states (e.g., 5).
9.4. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
9.5. CITATIONS
Definition: A reference to the bibliographic source
or unpublished document that provides the identification of
the state of the work.
9.5.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
10. EDITION
Definition: The placement of a work in the context
of prior or later issuances of multiples of the same work.
Edition either identifies a specific work in the context of
a group issued at the same time, or defines an issuance of
a work in relation to previous and subsequent editions.
10.1. EDITION DESCRIPTION
Definition: A description of the specific edition
to which a work belongs, whether expressed as a fractional
number or as a name or expression of the context related to
prior or later issuances (e.g., 3/20, 2nd edition, Kennedy
edition).
10.2. EDITION NUMBER OR NAME
Definition: For books and other works produced
in the context of prior or later issuances, the identification
of the specific edition to which a work belongs (e.g.,
2, Kennedy).
10.3. IMPRESSION NUMBER
Definition: For prints or other works issued in
multiples at the same time, the number assigned to a particular
item within a specific edition or production run (e.g.,
3).
10.4. EDITION SIZE
Definition: For prints or other works issued in
multiples at the same time, the total number of works created
in a particular production run (e.g., 20).
10.5. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
10.6. CITATIONS
Definition: A reference to the bibliographic source,
unpublished document, or other source that identified the
edition of the work.
10.6.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
11. FACTURE
Definition: A detailed discussion of the way in
which the work was made, including an assessment of its workmanship
or characteristics of execution, the construction methods
used, or the specific applications of techniques.
11.1. FACTURE DESCRIPTION
Definition: A prose description of the facture
of the work of art or architecture (e.g., The fifty bronze
sections that would make up the Large Arch were sandcast at
the Herman Noack foundry in Berlin, Germany. The pieces were
welded with invisible seams. The creation of the green patina
was directed personally by Moore. The work was then shipped
to the United States in a single piece.).[2]
11.2. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
11.3. CITATIONS
Definition: References to sources in which information
about the facture of a work appears.
11.3.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
12. ORIENTATION/ARRANGEMENT
Definition: An explanation of the way a work is
meant to be seen or has been displayed.
12.1. ORIENTATION/ARRANGEMENT
DESCRIPTION
Definition: A description of the way the work is
meant to be seen or has been displayed (e.g., hung vertically;
closed; chandelier is suspended from rosette in the center
of the ceiling).
12.2. ORIENTATION INDEXING TERMS
Definition: Terms indexing the orientation or arrangement
of the work (e.g., vertical; closed).
12.3. REMARKS
Definition: Notes or comments pertinent to the
arrangement or orientation of the work or the interpretation
of evidence surrounding it. These may include a summary of,
or quotation from, a source where information was found.
12.4. CITATIONS
Definition: A reference to a bibliographic source,
unpublished document, or other documentation where information
about the orientation of a work or the arrangement of its
component parts was found.
12.4.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
13. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Definition: A description of the appearance of
the work expressed in generic terms, without reference to
the subject depicted. This includes the names of any recognizable
patterns, motifs, or textures used in the decoration of the
work.
13.1. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Definition: Description of salient aspects of the
physical appearance of the work and its decoration, including
design elements and pattern names (e.g., Carpet is kilim
type, with smooth, flat surface. Field is decorated with 15
medallions which are connected by stylized scrolling vine
motif; medallions contain various flowers and fruit trees
with small birds; borders are decorated with alternating geometric
designs and arabesques).
13.2. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION INDEXING
TERMS
Definition: Indexing terms that characterize the
physical description of the work (e.g., medallions, scrolling
foliage, floral patterns, geometric patterns, arabesques).
13.3. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
13.4. CITATIONS
Definition: References to bibliographic sources
or unpublished documents that provided the basis for the information
recorded in Physical Description.
13.4.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
14. CONDITION/EXAMINATION HISTORY
Definition: An assessment of the overall physical
condition, characteristics, and completeness of a work of
art or architecture at a particular time. This includes examinations
of the work under special conditions, such as ultraviolet
light, but excludes interventions or treatments that alter
the condition of a work, such as restoration or conservation.
14.1. CONDITION/EXAMINATION DESCRIPTION
Definition: Prose description of the overall physical
condition, characteristics, and completeness of a work (e.g.,
The marble is in stable condition...There is evidence of
iron staining along the left and right edges of the relief).
14.2. EXAMINATION TYPE
Definition: The kind of examination made of the
work's condition (e.g., examination, raking light, autoradiography,
X-ray spectroscopy).
14.3. EXAMINATION AGENT
Definition: The identification of the person who
performed the examination, including his or her name, role
or title, and institutional affiliation (e.g., Martin,
Simon (Conservation Scientist, National Gallery of Art, Washington,
DC); Fra Pamarancio (clerk, Santa Maria Novella, Florence,
Italy)).
14.4. EXAMINATION DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when an examination took place, or when a work was
known to have been in a particular condition (e.g., December
12, 1991; early 17th century).
14.4.1. EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest date when the examination
took place (e.g., 1991, 1600).
14.4.2. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest date when the examination
took place (e.g., 1991, 1630).
14.5. EXAMINATION PLACE
Definition: The location, studio, or laboratory
where the examination of the condition of a work took place
(e.g., Conservation Analytical Laboratory (Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC)).
14.6. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
14.7. CITATIONS
Definition: References to the sources of information
about the condition or examination of a work, including published
and unpublished material.
14.7.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
15. CONSERVATION/TREATMENT HISTORY
Definition: Procedures or actions that a work has
undergone to repair, conserve, or stabilize it.
15.1. CONSERVATION/TREATMENT
DESCRIPTION
Definition: Prose description of procedures a work
has undergone to repair, conserve, or stabilize it (e.g.,
...Deposits of mud and oil were removed, along with nineteenth-century
repaint in 1968; blistered sections of original surface were
reattached; cleaned with abrasives and restored).
15.2. TREATMENT TYPE
Definition: The name of the conservation treatment
or technical/scientific restoration procedure performed on
the work (e.g., cleaning, stabilizing, mounting, restoration).
15.3. TREATMENT AGENT
Definition: The identification of the person who
performed a specific conservation procedure, including his
or her name, role or title, and institutional affiliation
(e.g., Dini, Dino (conservator, Soprintendenza dei Beni
Artistici e Storici di Toscana, Florence, Italy); unknown
restorer).
15.4. TREATMENT DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when a particular procedure or treatment was performed
(e.g., 1968-1969, before 1592).
15.4.1. EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest date when the procedure
or treatment took place (e.g., 1968, 1550).
15.4.1. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest date when the procedure
or treatment took place (e.g., 1969, 1592).
15.5. TREATMENT PLACE
Definition: The location, studio, or laboratory
where the procedure or treatment was performed (e.g., National
Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada); Santa Croce (Florence,
Italy)).
15.6. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
15.7. CITATIONS
Definition: Reference to sources that document
the work's treatment, including published, unpublished, and
visual material.
15.7.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
16. SUBJECT MATTER
Definition: The subject matter of a work of art
(sometimes referred to as its content) is the narrative, iconographic,
or non-objective meaning conveyed by an abstract or figurative
composition. It is what is depicted in and by a work of art.
It also covers the function of an object or architecture that
otherwise has no narrative content.
16.1. SUBJECT DISPLAY
Definition: A description of the subjects depicted
in, on, or by the work (e.g., Madonna and Child in an enclosed
garden, with a landscape in the distance).
16.2. SUBJECT INDEXING TERMS
Definition: Indexing terms that characterize what
the work depicts or what is depicted in it, including generic
terms and proper names (e.g., Madonna, Jesus, enclosed
garden, pear, book of hours, sarcophagus lid, trees,
lilies, landscape, storm clouds).
16.2.1. SUBJECT
INDEXING TYPE
Definition: A classification of the level of subject
description indicated by the indexing terms, for use if necessary
to distinguish between what a work is "of" and what
it is "about" (e.g., description, identification,
interpretation).
16.2.2. SUBJECT
EXTENT
Definition: When there are multiple subjects, a
term indicating the part of the work to which these subject
terms apply (e.g, recto, verso, side A, side B, main panel,
predella).
16.3. SUBJECT INTERPRETIVE HISTORY
Definition: The interpretive history or iconology
of this work in its place in the history of the meaning of
this subject. Studies in iconology trace the developments
and changes of meaning of an iconographical subject over long
periods of time and often in more than one society (e.g.,
The references to Christ's Passion in depictions of the
Madonna and Child have roots in Early Christian art as seen
in this work).
16.4. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
16.5. CITATIONS
Definition: References to bibliographic sources,
unpublished documents, or personal opinions that provided
the basis for the information recorded in Subject Matter -
Interpretive History.
16.5.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
17. CONTEXT
Definition: Political, social, economic, or religious
events or movements associated with the work of art or architecture
at its creation and over time. This category is also used
to record the placement of a work in a particular position
within an architectural context or the excavation of a work
at a particular site.
17.1. HISTORICAL/CULTURAL EVENTS
Definition: A description of the political, social,
economic, or religious events or circumstances associated
with the work over time (e.g., Design was made for the
International Architectural Competition for the Opera House
in Sydney, Australia. ).
17.1.1. EVENT IDENTIFICATION
Definition: An identification of the event
or situation involving the work of art or architecture
(e.g., French Revolution, Coronation of Richard
II of England, World’s Columbian Exposition).
17.1.2. EVENT DATE
Definition: A description of the year or span
of time during which the work was associated with the
event or situation (e.g., 1789-1792, 1377 BCE, from
ca. 1893).
17.1.2.1. EARLIEST DATE
Definition: The earliest possible date when
the work was associated with the event or situation (e.g.,
1789, -1377).
17.1.2.2. LATEST DATE
Definition: The latest possible date when the
work was associated with the event or situation (e.g.,
1792, -1377).
17.1.3. EVENT PLACE
Definition: The geographic location where a
work of art was associated with a particular event or
situation (e.g., France, Westminster Abbey (London,
England), Chicago (Illinois, United States)).
17.1.4. EVENT AGENT
Definition: An individual or group associated
with the work in a given context (e.g., Comte d’Angiviller,
Richard II, Works Progress Administration).
17.1.4.1. AGENT ROLE
Definition: The role or activity performed
by the person or corporate body in the context of the
work in a particular event or situation (e.g., dedicatee).
17.1.5. CONTEXTUAL COST OR VALUE
Definition: The monetary value associated with
a work in a specific historical or cultural context (e.g.,
appraised at £100,000 at Sotheby’s in 1946).
17.2. ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT
Definition: The relationship between a work and
a particular environment, built work, or open space (e.g.,
The Medusa once stood at the apex of the west pediment
of the Temple of Artemis, Corfu. The two crouching lions
were positioned to either side.)
17.2.1. BUILDING/SITE CONTEXT
Definition: The specific built work or site
within which the work of art or architecture was incorporated
or displayed (e.g., Tornabuoni Chapel (Santa Maria
Novella, Florence, Italy, 1470)).
17.2.2. PART/PLACEMENT CONTEXT
Definition: A term referring to the particular
location of a work of art or architectural element within
a particular building or site, including its relative
position in relation to the viewer and to other elements
of the building or site (e.g., west pediment, high
altar, left of doorway, eye level).
17.2.3. ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when a work figured in a particular architectural
context (e.g., ca. 600-580 BCE, from ca. 1320, 17th
century).
17.2.3.1. EARLIEST DATE
Definition: The earliest possible date during
which the work figured in a particular architectural context
(e.g., -610, 1315).
17.2.3.2. LATEST DATE
Definition: The latest possible date during
which the work figured in a particular architectural context
(e.g., -580, 1500).
17.3. ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Definition: A description of the circumstances
in which a work of art or architecture was excavated or
discovered (e.g., Found at Tivoli in 1790 or 1791 in
the ruins of the villa of the emperor Hadrian. ).
17.3.1. DISCOVERY/EXCAVATION
PLACE
Definition: The geographic location where the work
was excavated or discovered, including an identification of
the site or plot, if known (e.g., Villa of the Mysteries
(Pompeii, Napoli province, Campania, Italy)).
17.3.2. EXCAVATION SITE SECTOR
Definition: The name, number, or other identifier
assigned to the site where the work was excavated, and the
square or other subdivision of the site where a work was excavated
(e.g., trench A-66, #125).
17.3.3. EXCAVATOR
Definition: The name of the person or corporate
body that excavated the work (e.g., Zahi Hawass (Egyptian
archaeologist, born 1947)).
17.3.4. DISCOVERY/EXCAVATION
DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when the work was discovered or excavated (19th
century, 1993).
17.3.4.1.
EARLIEST DATE
Definition: The earliest possible date when the
work was discovered or excavated (e.g., -1300, -299, 1292).
17.3.4.2.
LATEST DATE
Definition: The latest possible date when the work
was discovered or excavated (e.g., -900, -200, 1190).
17.4. HISTORICAL LOCATION
CONTEXT
Definition: A location that provides historical
context for the work but is not recorded in another Place
or Location subcategory in the record (e.g., Alfdanga (Dhaka,
Bangladesh)).
17.4.1. HISTORICAL LOCATION
DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates when the work was associated with the historical
location (2001-2002, 23 October 1876).
17.4.1.1.
EARLIEST DATE
Definition: The earliest possible date when the
work was associated with the historical location (e.g., 2001,
1876-10-23).
17.4.1.2.
LATEST DATE
Definition: The latest possible date when the work
was associated with the historical location (e.g., 2002,
1876-10-23).
17.5. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
17.6. CITATIONS
Definition: A reference to a published or unpublished
source that provided the basis for the information in this
category.
17.6.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
18. DESCRIPTIVE NOTE
Definition: A textual description of the object/work,
including a discussion of issues related to it.
18.1. DESCRIPTIVE NOTE TEXT
Definition: A narrative text or prose description
and discussion of the work. Important information in this
note should be indexed in other appropriate categories (e.g.,
"The Adoration of the Magi" in Siena is a very
high-quality painting, produced by the shop but executed primarily
by Bartolo di Fredi himself. It illustrates the artist's late
stylistic concerns and was extremely influential in Siena
and elsewhere. Although it is unknown where the altarpiece
originally stood, the quality of materials, large size, and
obvious influence betray an expensive commission and prominent
location, possibly in the cathedral of Siena).
18.2. REMARKS
Definition: Additional comments pertinent to the
information recorded in the Descriptive Note - Text.
18.3. CITATIONS
Definition: Identification of the sources
used for information recorded in Descriptive Note - Text.
18.3.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
19. CRITICAL RESPONSES
Definition: Critical opinions of a specific work
by artists, architects, art historians, art critics, art dealers,
sellers and buyers, public officials, and the general public.
19.1. CRITICAL COMMENT
Definition: A quotation or paraphrase of an opinion
expressed about a particular work (e.g., No defense, can,
however, be offered for the choice of features in the left-hand
figure of Mr. Millais' Dove Returning to the Ark. I cannot
understand how a painter so sensible of the utmost refinement
of beauty in other objects should deliberately choose for
his model a type so far inferior to that of average humanity,
and unredeemed by any expression save that of dull self-complacency)[3]
19.2. COMMENT DOCUMENT TYPE
Definition: The kind of document that contains
the opinion of a work (e.g., criticism, biography, newspaper
article).
19.3. COMMENT AUTHOR
Definition: The name of the person who made the
comment about a work (e.g., John Ruskin, Giorgio Vasari,
Peter Francis).
19.4. COMMENT DATE
Definition: A description of the date on which
a particular author, artist, or critic made a comment about
a work (e.g., 1870, probably 1560s, 11 April 1965).
19.4.1. EARLIEST
DATE
Definition: The earliest possible date when the
critical response was made (e.g., 1870, 1560, 1965-04-11).
19.4.2. LATEST
DATE
Definition: The latest possible date when the critical
response was made (e.g., 1870, 1569, 1965-04-11).
19.5. COMMENT CIRCUMSTANCES
Definition: A description of the historical context
and circumstances in which an opinion was offered or written
(e.g., during lecture series at Oxford; in review of exhibition
at Giles Studios).
19.6. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
19.7. CITATIONS
Definition: Reference to a published or unpublished
source for the information in Critical Responses.
19.7.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
20. RELATED WORKS
Definition: Works of art or architecture related
to the work being described, and a description of the relationship
between the works.
20.1. RELATED WORK LABEL/IDENTIFICATION
Definition: A brief description and credit line
that identifies the related work and distinguishes it from
similar works (e.g., Ruskin Hours; prayer book; unknown
French; ca. 1300; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California,
United States); MS. LUDWIG IX 3)).
20.1.1. WORK RELATIONSHIP
TYPE
Definition: The kind of relationship between the
work being described and another work (e.g., study for,
preparatory for, part of).
20.1.2. WORK RELATIONSHIP
DATE
Definition: A description of the date or range
of dates associated with the relationship between the work
being cataloged and the related work (e.g., ca. 1425-1623).
20.1.2.1. EARLIEST DATE
Definition: The earliest date when the relationship
could have been in place (e.g., 1420, -900).
20.1.2.2. LATEST DATE
Definition: The latest date when the relationship
could have been in place (e.g., 1463, 9999).
20.2. WORK BROADER CONTEXT
Definition: An identification of the broader contexts
for the work or group or collection of works, relevant only
if the work is part of a group, collection, set, or series.
Ideally this is a hierarchical link (e.g., Cities and sites
cartes-de-visite collection; collection; 1854-ca. 1905; Research
Library, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los
Angeles, California, United States); no.ZCDV 2).
20.2.1. HISTORICAL
FLAG
Definition: An indication of whether the broader
context is historical or current (e.g., historical, current).
20.2.2. BROADER
CONTEXT DATE
Definition: The date or range of dates associated
with the hierarchical relationship between the work being
cataloged and the related work (e.g., 11th century through
16th century).
20.2.2.1. EARLIEST DATE
Definition: The earliest date when the relationship
could have been in place (e.g., 1000,-900).
20.2.2.2. EARLIEST DATE
Definition: The latest date when the relationship
could have been in place (e.g., 1599, 9999).
20.3. RELATIONSHIP NUMBER
Definition: The alphanumeric indicator or phrase
that qualifies the relationship between related works (e.g.,
folio 34, verso; page iv; sequence A, scene 45).
20.4. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
20.5. CITATIONS
Definition: Reference to the publication, document,
or person that provided information about the relationship
between the related object and the work being described.
20.5.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
21. CURRENT LOCATION
Definition: Identification of the repository that
currently houses the work of art, and the geographic location
of the work of art or architecture.
21.1. CURRENT LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Definition: The name of the repository that currently
houses the work. If the work is lost, stolen, or destroyed,
this subcategory identifies the last known repository and
states that the work has been lost, stolen, or destroyed,
or that the current repository is unknown (e.g., location
unknown, formerly Dan Fellows Platt Collection).
21.2. CURRENT REPOSITORY/GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION
Definition: The name and geographic location of
the repository that is currently responsible for the work,
or, for monumental works and architecture, the geographic
location of the work. If the work is lost, destroyed, has
location unknown, or the work is in an anonymous private collection,
indicate this (e.g., Graphische Sammlung Albertina (Vienna,
Austria)).
21.3. CURRENT REPOSITORY NUMBERS
Definition: Any unique identifiers assigned to
a work by the current or last known repository (e.g., H1/503/1913,1967.776).
21.3.1. NUMBER
TYPE
Definition: The type of unique identifier assigned
to a work by the current or last known repository (e.g., accession
number, shelf number).
21.4. GALLERY/SHELF LOCATION
Definition: The particular location of the work
in a repository (e.g., Gallery 223, Asian Art, second floor).
21.5. CURRENT CREDIT LINE
Definition: A brief statement indicating how the
work came into the current collection or how it came to be
on view at the repository (e.g., Bashford Dean Memorial
Collection, Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1929).
21.6. OBJECT/WORK LABEL/IDENTIFICATION
Definition: A brief description and credit line
that identifies the work and distinguishes it from similar
works (e.g., Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890); Cypresses;
1889; oil on canvas; 93.4 x 74 cm (36 3/4 x 29 1/8 inches);
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States);
Rogers Fund, 1949; 49.30.).
21.7. REMARKS
Definition: Additional notes or comments pertinent
to the information in this category.
21.8. CITATIONS
Definition: Identification of the sources for the
information on the current location of the work of art.
21.8.1.
PAGE
Definition: Page number, volume, date accessed
for Web sites, and any other information indicating where
in the source the information was found.
| 
