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-- See Also Aesthetics

--subdivision Aesthetics under names of persons

-- See Also the narrower term Anatomy, Artistic

-- See Also the narrower term Antiques
Here are entered works on decorative or utilitarian objects, generally more than one hundred years old, that have aesthetic or historic importance and financial value. General works on any objects of interest to collectors, including mass produced items of little intrinsic value, are entered under Collectibles. Works on decorative art objects are entered under Art objects.
--particular kinds of antique objects, especially the subdivisions Catalogs, Collectors and collecting or Exhibitions when they occur under such objects, e.g. Kitchen utensils; United States--Centennial celebrations, etc.--Collectibles; Pharmacy paraphernalia; Glassware--Catalogs; Pewter--Collectors and collecting; Furniture--Exhibitions

-- See Also the narrower term Architecture
Here are entered works on the design and style of structures. Works on the process of construction are entered under Building. General works on structures or edifices are entered under Buildings.This heading is subdivided by place for works on architecture indigenous to the place named, e.g. Architecture--United States. The heading is qualified by a national qualifier for works on architecture of the type named in the qualifier but located in other places, e.g. Architecture, American--India.
--headings beginning with the word Architectural

-- See Also the narrower term Art brut
Here are entered works on crude and inexperienced drawings, paintings, and doodlings of the mentally ill, the naive and the primitive--people who have escaped cultural conditioning and social conformism.

-- See Also the narrower term Art genres

-- See Also the narrower term Art nouveau

-- See Also the narrower term Art objects
Here are entered works on decorative art objects. Works on decorative or utilitarian objects, generally more than one hundred years old, that have aesthetic or historic importance and financial value are entered under Antiques. General works on any objects of interest to collectors, including mass produced items of little intrinsic value, are entered under Collectibles.
--classes of art objects and names of particular objects, e.g. Bronzes; Glassware; Jewelry; Metal-work; Plate; Pottery; Rings

-- See Also the narrower term Artists

-- See Also the narrower term Artists' preparatory studies
Here are entered works on studies or sketches by artists preparatory to executing works of art in any form.
--subdivision Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. under names of individual persons

-- See Also the narrower term Arts and crafts movement

-- See Also the narrower term Caricature

-- See Also the narrower term Christian art and symbolism

--subdivision Art under names of saints who lived before 1400, biblical characters, etc., e.g. Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art; also headings of the type [topic] in art, e.g. Christian saints in art

-- See Also the narrower term Classicism in art

-- See Also the narrower term Collage

-- See Also the narrower term Collectors and collecting

--subdivision Collectors and collecting under types of objects, excluding natural objects, for works on collectors and methods of assembling and maintaining collections of objects in a field, e.g. Newspapers--Collectors and collecting; and subdivision Collection and preservation under kinds of natural objects, including plants, animals, and antiquities, for works on methods of collecting and preserving these objects, e.g. Fishes--Collection and preservation

-- See Also the narrower term Color in art

--headings of the type [name of color] in art, e.g. Blue in art; White in art

-- See Also the narrower term Commercial art

-- See Also the narrower term Communism and art

-- See Also the narrower term Community arts projects

-- See Also the narrower term Composition (Art)

-- See Also the narrower term Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)

-- See Also the narrower term Cubism

-- See Also the narrower term Decoration and ornament

-- See Also the narrower term Decorative arts
Here are entered comprehensive works on the various art forms having some utilitarian as well as decorative purpose, including furniture, woodwork, silverware, glassware, ceramics, textiles, the decoration of buildings, etc.

-- See Also the narrower term Drawing

--subdivision Drawings under technical topics for collections of drawings, plans, etc., and for the technique of making such drawings, unless a separate heading for the technique has been provided, e.g. Automobiles--Drawings; Automotive drafting

-- See Also the narrower term Erotic art

-- See Also the narrower term Etching

-- See Also the narrower term Ethnic art
Here are entered works on art produced by members of a group who share a common heredity and cultural tradition.

-- See Also the narrower term Expressionism (Art)

-- See Also the narrower term Feminism and art

-- See Also the narrower term Folk art

-- See Also the narrower term Freedom and art

-- See Also the narrower term Futurism (Art)

-- See Also the narrower term Graphic arts

-- See Also the narrower term Homosexuality and art

-- See Also the narrower term Human figure in art
Here are entered works on the techniques of depicting the human body in art. Works on the representation of human beings in art are entered under Humans in art.

-- See Also the narrower term Idealism in art

-- See Also the narrower term Illumination of books and manuscripts

-- See Also the narrower term Illustration of books

--subdivision Illustrations under types of published works, literatures, literary forms, names of individual authors, and individual works, including sacred works, e.g. Newspapers--Illustrations; English literature--Illustrations; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Illustrations; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet--Illustrations; Beowulf--Illustrations; Bible--Illustrations

-- See Also the narrower term Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

--subdivision Influence under names of individual persons and corporate bodies, uniform titles of sacred works, and under particular forms and movements in art or the arts, types of organizations, religions, and individual wars for works discussing their influence

-- See Also the narrower term Interior decoration

-- See Also the narrower term Law and art

-- See Also the narrower term Mannerism (Art)

-- See Also the narrower term Masterpiece, Artistic
Here are entered works which discuss the concept of the artistic masterpiece.

-- See Also the narrower term Medicine and art

-- See Also the narrower term Mural painting and decoration

-- See Also the narrower term Music in art
Here are entered works dealing with the representation of musical subjects in art.

-- See Also the narrower term National socialism and art

-- See Also the narrower term Naturalism in art