A. Art

A. Art [types of ] [then examples of for individual works, groups of works, which can be designated using Cutter numbers.] [See Classifying Art]

Note that the art element of pottery or textiles or buildings (and so on) can be captured by A>(pottery)

It should be stressed that the subject matter (or theme) of art can be captured by, say (painting)(about)(girl)(riding)(horse) 

The form of a work of art can be captured through links to shapes, colors, sounds, and so on.

Styles and techniques will be addressed respectively under AT and AM.

AA. Artist [Cutter numbers?]

AN. Non-reproducible   [We should link as appropriate to the economic activity EO960121 Art, but note that it excludes prose and poetry (and the reproducible arts which are captured elsewhere), but includes a couple of outputs that blend utility and aesthetics such as decorative pots and scrolls; these are best treated within EO9, and aesthetic elements captured synthetically.]

 1. Painting [Subdivisions can be further subdivided.] [oil versus water; canvas versus fresco][portrait landscape still life done by links]

 2. Sculpture 

 3. Prose   e. essay n. novel  s. short story

 4. Poetry (rhyming or not; rhyming scheme, rhythm) 

 5. Collage 

 6. Cartoon 

 7. Graphic art, posters  [Silkscreen is linked to cloth?] [Reproducible?] 

 8. Drawing (general)

 9. Crafts (various types can be signaled by linking to the variety of craft materials in certain subclasses of EO96012 or to more general materials elsewhere in EO9. [Note that placing crafts here is a recognition that efforts to develop materials with a primarily decorative purpose is 'art' even when pursued by people with limited or no intention to sell their output. Note also that while the materials may be mass=produced the crafts themselves are non-reproducible.]  

AR. Reproducible 

 1. Theater   [the play itself is prose and thus AN3 / AR1] [We should link to the economic activity EO990131501]  Subclasses would include ballet and opera (which would be linked to dance and music respectively).

 2. Film [Motion pictures, radio, television are in EO9yyy] silent, black and white, 3D, large screen, made-for-television, 360 degrees [We should link to the economic activity EO990131601] 

 3. Photography [The best link here is to EO9821316 Photographers and cinematographers]

 4. Music 

        a. musical scores 

         AR4g Musical genres    [We should link as appropriate to the economic activities opera EO990131503 and concerts EO990131504]

        AR4i Musical Instruments [We should link here to subclasses in EO96013, in which the UNSPC lists a large number of musical instruments from around the world. We will need to develop some aggregate notations for orchestras and certain sorts of bands etc.]

        v. Vocal  

w. Work of Music

 5. Dance  [We should link to the economic activity EO990131502] [These can be combined: Lyrical dance blends jazz and ballet: AR5b+j]

        a. Ballroom (f. foxtrot, j. jive, w. waltz)

        b. Ballet   [including modern derivatives bm.]

        c. Step (such as Riverdance]

        d. Disco (and other contemporary dances)

        e. Belly

        f. Folk [By far the biggest subclass here. Particular folk dances can be identified in terms of country, region, or ethnic group; and then by Cutter numbers.] [Link to CE2]

        h. Hip-hop

        i. Improvisational 

        j. Jazz

        k. Break

        l. Line [various types]

        m. Flamenco

        n. Latin (a. samba, b. bolero, c. cha-cha, e. merengue, m. mambo,  p. paso doble, r. rumba, s. salsa, t. tango; there are others)  [Note that ballroom styles of these dances (and others) can be captured, such as AR5a(AR5nc)] 

        p. Polka 

        q. Square

        s. Swing [Various types could be identified.]

        t. Tap

        u. Hustle

        w. Western  (Country) 

        x. Experimental

        z. Other

This list may be too western-oriented. It was compiled from multiple sources. There is room for other dances. There is also scope for synthetic identification: Aerial dances are any dance performed in the air. Dances that incorporate martial arts moves are also best captured synthetically. Ditto dances that are associated with plays.

AM. Artistic Methods

    These differ by medium (though with important exceptions), and thus might best be classified by medium. They also differ in type within medium: for theatre we can distinguish techniques for lighting from techniques for sound.

Note that we can capture the materials employed in art synthetically.  Since we have absorbed the UNSPC codes into our classification under EO9, the best way of doing so is to link a work of art to the variety of art materials within class EO96012 (and occasionally more general materials listed elsewhere in the UNSPC). An alternative would be to employ the lists in such resources as the Getty Museum's Art and Architecture Thesaurus, but this would lead to unnecessary duplication within the BCC and would limit interoperability across databases.] 

AT. Artistic Theories (Styles)

    As with scholarly theory, artistic theory (or style) needs to be captured both in terms of style name (employing Cutter numbers most likely) and style type. Elements of style type can be identified by employing the same five questions used to identify types of scholarly theory:

·         The ‘what?’ question could capture degree of realism

·         The ‘why?’ question would address issues of purpose – is the intent to inform, shock, energize, and so on.

·         The ‘who?’ question might capture intended audience.

·         The ‘where?’ question captured degree of generalizability when classifying theories and could capture here the degree to which a work expresses universal aesthetic value relative to particular cultural values.

·         The ‘when?’ question might capture the historical relations between one style and another.  

AP. Art, Perspectives on

  We may need to develop a short schedule to capture different approaches to studying particular works of art such as:

        Art Criticism

        Connoisseurship

        Contextual analysis (which examines influences on or of a work without necessarily passing aesthetic judgments)