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Classification System

Warburg Institute Library Research Guide to the Classification System

History of Art, Interpretation, Topography - Classmark C

History of Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CFC Anniversary volumes   1-6 LS 12
1100 Collected essays      
CFP Congresses   6-7 LS 12
25 Dictionaries      
70 Bibliography      
75 General      
CFB Mediaeval   8 LS 12
CFA Modern   9 LS 12
CFF Architecture   9-10 LS 12
CFI Architectural styles   10-11 LS 12
CFO Sculpture   11-13 LS 12
CFN Painting   13-25 LS 12-13
800 Engraving etc.      
1000 Drawing   21-23  
History of Art - Sources   24-  
CFH General   25 LS 14
CCH Byzantine   25 LS 14
CHH Mediaeval   25 LS 14
CNH Italy   25-32 LS 14
1900 Regional Schools      
1975 Venetia      
2090 Trentino      
2100 Lombardy      
2195 Piedmont      
2220 Genoa      
2223 Romagna/Emilia      
2300 Tuscany      
2380 Umbria      
2410 Marches      
2450 Rome      
2500 Campania      
CLH Spain & Portugal   32-33 LS 14
CBH France & Burgundy   33-35 LS 14
CDH Low Countries   35-36 LS 14
CMH Great Britain   36 LS 15
CEH Germany   37 LS 15
CGH Eastern Europe   37 LS 15
Art Interpretation 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CIH Sources   37-40 LS 15
CIF History of Aesthetics   40-41 LS 15
CIK Antiquity   41 LS 15
CIB Middle Ages   41-42 LS 15
CIC  15th century   42-43 LS 15
CIM 18th century   43-44 LS 15
CIO Development of Art History   44-46 LS 15
Aesthetics      
CAF Contemporary Aesthetics   46-47 LS 15
CAI Visual Arts   47 LS 15
CAD Psychology   47-
48		 LS 15
CAO 1– Theory of Style   48-49 LS 15
275– Space      
340– Perspective      
560– Colour      
720– Symmetry, Proportion, Rhythm      
CAC  Categories of Art History   49-50 LS 15
200– Method of Art History      
CAN Art Education   50-51 LS 15
200– Visual Education      
1975 225– Origins of Art      
400– Art & Religion      
500– Sociology of Art      
Topography 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CIH Sources   37-40 LS 15
CPN Italy    51-66 LS 15-17
CPL Spain   66-69 LS 17
115– Portugal    
CPB France   69-71 LS 17
CPI   Belgium & Luxembourg   71-72 LS 17
CPF Holland   72-73 LS 17
CPM 1– England & Wales   73-79 LS 17
4000– Scotland    
5000– Ireland    
CPA  Scandinavia   79 LS 17
CPE  Germany   79-84 LS 17
CPO Switzerland   84-86 LS 17
CPP  Austria   86-88 LS 18
369– Hungary    
CPG Russia   89-91 LS 17
300– Poland    
505– Czechoslovakia    
CPK Balkans   91-92 LS 18
240– Asia & Africa    
CPC  United States   92-94 LS 17-18
250– Canada    
1300– Central & South America    
3500– Australia & New Zealand    

Iconography, Survival of Ancient Art - Classmark C

Iconography 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
COF General   92–95 LS 18
110 Literature & Art      
110 Literature & Art      
125 Symbolism      
195 Virtues & Vices      
225 Secular Allegories      
320 Animal Symbolism      
500 Typology      
COK Bible: Old Testament   98-104 LS 18-19
80 Bible: New Testament      
115 God, Angels, Devil      
155 Virgin Mary      
175 Christ & Apostles      
190 Christ: Symbolism      
200 Life of Christ      
255 Revelation, Last Judgement, Heaven & Hell      
270 Death      
295 Saints      
550 Sibyls      
COC Human Figure   104-109 LS 19-20
100 Portraits: General      
190 Dynastic Portraits      
150 - Self-Portraiture      
202 Popes      
230 Italy      
235 Spain      
237 France      
240 Germany      
247 Low Countries      
349 Britain      
435 Scandinavia      
500 Eastern Europe      
COH Landscape   109-115 LS 20-21
115 Still Life      
140 Genre & History Painting      
155- Animals      
179 War      
190 Caricature      
400 Popular Prints      
700 Silhouettes      
COD Costume   115-117 LS 21
375 Sumptuary Laws      
Survival of Ancient Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CKK Destruction & Preservation of Ancient Monuments   117 LS 21
CKC  Drawings of Ancient Monuments   117-118 LS 21
CKP  Topography: Rome   119 LS 21-22
460– Topography: Excluding Rome      
CKD Collections of Antiquities   119-120 LS 22
CKN Archaeological Compendia   120-123 LS 22-131a
300– Inscriptions      
600– Coins      
800– Engraved Gems      
1000– Statues      
1220– Paintings      
CKF Survival of Classical Art   123 LS 131a
CKO Classical Subjects in Modern Art   123-125 LS 131a
CKA History of Egyptology   125-126 LS 131a
100– History of Archaeology      
CKR History of Etruscology   126 LS 131a
Early Christian and Byzantine Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CCF  Handbooks & Collected Articles   126-127 LS 131a-b
125 Museum Catalogues      
320 Origins of Early Christian Art      
435 Iconography      
490 Catacombs      
600 Origins of the Basilica      
710 Architecture      
825 Mosaics      
925 Sculpture & Applied Arts      
1250 Inscriptions      
CCG  East Christian Art   127-129 LS 131b
75 Palestine      
200 Syria      
275 Armenia & Garamond      
300 Asia Minor      
350 North Africa, Egypt      
CCN Italy   130b-131 LS 131b-c
CCB Spain   131-132 LS 131b
200 France      
300 Germany. Austria. Hungary. Romania      
CCM British Isles   132-134 LS 132
CCI   Merovingian & Carolingian Art   134-135 LS 132
CCP  Byzantine Art. General   136–155 LS 132-133
95 Architecture      
240 Painting      
255 Sculpture & Applied Arts      
375 Mount Athos   148–153  
475 Eastern Europe      
Illuminated Manuscripts 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CHF General   156-157 LS 133
CHP Collections   156-158 LS 133-134
390 Collections      
635 Sale Catalogues      
CHG Byzantium   158-159 LS 134-135
CHK Latin Classical Manuscripts   159 LS 135
CHI The West: Early Middle Ages   159-160 LS 135
CHN Italy   160-161 LS 135
CHL Spain   161 LS 135
CHB France & Low Countries   161-162 LS 135-136
390– Religious Texts      
635– Secular Texts      
CHM England   162-163 LS 137
150 Religious Texts      
380 Secular Texts      
CHE Germany   163-164 LS 137
80 Regional Schools      
675 Late Middle Ages      
995 Secular Text      

 

  1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
Italian Art CNF General   164-168 LS 137-138
50 Middle Ages      
150 Renaissance      
280 Regional Schools      
CNI Architecture. General   168 LS 138
CNL Middle Ages   168-169 LS 138
CNP  15th century   169-172 LS 138-139
305 Architecture. 15th century      
CNO Sculpture. General   172 LS 139
CNE   Middle Ages   172 LS 139
CND 14th century. General   172-175 LS 139-140
400 14th century      
445 15th century      
765 16th century      
2100 17th century      
CNN Painting. General.   175-178 LS 140-141
CNB Painting. Middle Ages   178 LS 141
CNA  Painting: Renaissance Schools   178–185 LS 141-142
300 13th century      
490 15th century Florence      
From 661-   193–199
790 Central Italy      
860 Siena      
925 Umbria      
1027 Ferrara, Bologna      
1125 Venice      
1260 Lombardy      
CNM 16th century   185-198 LS 143-145
15 Leonardo      
72 School of Leonardo      
110 Michelangelo      
170 School of Michelangelo      
200 Raphael      
210 School of Raphael      
350 Venice      
793 Milan      
900 Mantua      
1100 Brescia & Bergamo      
1165 Piedmont      
1173 Genoa      
1195 Parma & Modena      
1395 Ferrara      
1580 Bologna      
1900 Florence      
2350 Siena      
2690 Marche      
2725 Rome      
Spanish Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CLF General   193–199 LS 145-146
CLL Architecture. General & Middle Ages   200–206LS 146
CLP Modern    LS 146
CLO Sculpture General & Middle Ages    LS 146
CLD Sculpture Modern    LS 146
CLN Painting    LS 146
CLB  Middle Ages    LS 146
CLA 15th century    
CLM 16th century    
210 El Greco    
550 Velazquez    
1000 Goya    
French Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CBF General   204-205 LS 146
CBL  Architecture. General     LS 146-147
25 Architecture Romanesque    
300 Gothic    
CBO Sculpture General   206 LS 147
CBE  Romanesque   206 LS 147
200 Gothic    
CBD  16th century   206-207 LS 147
CBP   Architecture 16th century   207 LS 147
CBN Painting General   207-208 LS 147
CBB  Painting Middle Ages   208 LS 147
CBA  15th century   208 LS 146-47
125 16th century    
CBM 17th century   208-210 LS 147
224 18th century    
Flemish and Dutch Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CDF General   207–211 LS 147
CDL Architecture General & Middle Ages   211 LS 147
CDP  Architecture. 16th century   211 LS 148
CDE Sculpture. General & Middle Ages   211 LS 148
CDD Sculpture. 16th Century   211 LS 148
CDN  Painting. General   211-212 LS 148
    214–219  
200– Foreign Influences      
250– Local Schools    
CDB Middle Ages   212 LS 148
CDA 15th -16th century   212-214 LS 148
60– Van Eyck      
100– Van der Weyden      
180– Memling      
225– 16th century      
285– Lucas van Leyden      
435– Brueghel      
CDM 17th century General   214-216 LS 149
125– Flemish      
375– Rubens      
390– Jordaens      
400– Van Dyck      
CFM 17th century Dutch   216-221 LS 149-150
350– Rembrandt      
       
375– School of Rembrandt      
525– Vermeer      
British Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CMF General   221 LS 150
CML Architecture   221-222 LS 150
CMO Sculpture Middle Ages   222 LS 150
CMD  16th century   223 LS 150
CMB   Painting Middle Ages   223 LS 150
CMC   16th century   223 LS 151
CMM 18th century   223-224 LS 150-151
German Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CEF General   224-226 LS 151
CEL Architecture   226-227 LS 151
1– Romanesque      
310– Gothic      
500– Late Gothic      
CEP Renaissance   227-228 LS 151
400– Baroque      
CEO Sculpture. General   228 LS 151
CEE Middle Ages   228-229 LS 150-151
80– Collections      
175– Romanesque      
430– 13th century      
620– Sculpture. 14th century      
665– North Germany      
735– Central Germany      
775– South Germany      
790– Austria      
800– Bavaria, Franconia      
825– Swabia      
CED 1– Sculpture Renaissance   229-230 LS 152
350– Baroque    
CEN Painting General   230-231 LS 152
CEB Middle Ages   231 LS 152
CEA 14th century: General   231-239 LS 152-234
100– North Germany      
400– Westphalia      
500– Painting 14th century Lower Saxony      
700– Rhine: General      
1025– Switzerland & Upper Rhine      
1725– Swabia      
1900– Franconia      
2300– Salzburg      
2415– Tirol      
2750– Bohemia      
3025– Hungary      
4000– Dürer      
5125– Dürer School/Franconia      
5800– Grünewald/Middle Rhine      
6305– Baldung/Upper Rhine      
6550– Holbein/Swabia      
7550– North Germany      
7750– Cranach/Saxony      
8500– Altdorfer/Danube School      
9000– Later 16th century      
9201– Painting. Later 16th century      
Scandanavian Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CEK 1– General   238–244 LS 234
         220– Architecture      
         420– Sculpture      
         610– Painting      
Applied Arts, Art Collecting 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CGA Ornament   241-242 LS 234
CGF General   241-242 LS 235
300– Peasant Art      
CGE Furniture   243 LS 235
CGB Cassoni   244-6 LS 235
300– Pottery      
605– Glass      
CGC 500– Stained Glass   244-248 LS 235-236
2000- Textiles General      
2100– Textiles: Weaving      
2510– Embroidery      
2710– Lace      
3000– Tapestry      
3030– Collections      
3225– Italy      
3290– Spain      
3700– France      
4010– Netherlands      
4100– England      
4150– Scandinavia      
4200– Germany      
CGK Leather Work   248 LS 235-236
CGL Goldsmith’s Work   249-51 LS 236-237
500– Enamel      
720– Metal Work      
1175– Arms & Armour      
CGO 200– Engraved Gems   252–257 LS 237
600– Medals      
CGN 400– Ivory   252-253 LS 237
900– Amber      
CGD Town Planning   253-255 LS 320
295- Castles      
3000– Gardens      
CGI 1–980 General      
CGI 983– General   258–259 LS 320
1600– Museums      
1750– Forgery      
1765– Conservation      
1820– War Losses      
1900–2379 Art Dealing      
[CGI 2380– Sales Catalogues. These are shelved in the Basement]