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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      
1100 Collected essays      
CFP Congresses      
25 Dictionaries      
70 Bibliography      
75 General      
CFB Mediaeval      
CFA Modern      
CFF Architecture      
CFI Architectural styles      
CFO Sculpture      
CFN Painting      
800 Engraving etc.      
1000 Drawing      
History of Art - Sources      
CFH General      
CCH Byzantine      
CHH Mediaeval      
CNH Italy      
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      
CBH France & Burgundy      
CDH Low Countries      
CMH Great Britain      
CEH Germany      
CGH Eastern Europe      
Art Interpretation 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CIH Sources      
CIF History of Aesthetics      
CIK Antiquity      
CIB Middle Ages      
CIC  15th century      
CIM 18th century      
CIO Development of Art History      
Aesthetics      
CAF Contemporary Aesthetics      
CAI Visual Arts      
CAD Psychology      
CAO 1– Theory of Style      
275– Space      
340– Perspective      
560– Colour      
720– Symmetry, Proportion, Rhythm      
CAC  Categories of Art History      
200– Method of Art History      
CAN Art Education      
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      
CPN Italy       
CPL Spain      
115– Portugal    
CPB France      
CPI   Belgium & Luxembourg      
CPF Holland      
CPM 1– England & Wales      
4000– Scotland    
5000– Ireland    
CPA  Scandinavia      
CPE  Germany      
CPO Switzerland      
CPP  Austria      
369– Hungary    
CPG Russia      
300– Poland    
505– Czechoslovakia    
CPK Balkans      
240– Asia & Africa    
CPC  United States      
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      
110 Literature & Art      
110 Literature & Art      
125 Symbolism      
195 Virtues & Vices      
225 Secular Allegories      
320 Animal Symbolism      
500 Typology      
COK Bible: Old Testament      
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      
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      
115 Still Life      
140 Genre & History Painting      
155- Animals      
179 War      
190 Caricature      
400 Popular Prints      
700 Silhouettes      
COD Costume      
375 Sumptuary Laws      
Survival of Ancient Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CKK Destruction & Preservation of Ancient Monuments      
CKC  Drawings of Ancient Monuments      
CKP  Topography: Rome      
460– Topography: Excluding Rome      
CKD Collections of Antiquities      
CKN Archaeological Compendia      
300– Inscriptions      
600– Coins      
800– Engraved Gems      
1000– Statues      
1220– Paintings      
CKF Survival of Classical Art      
CKO Classical Subjects in Modern Art      
CKA History of Egyptology      
100– History of Archaeology      
CKR History of Etruscology      
Early Christian and Byzantine Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CCF  Handbooks & Collected Articles      
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      
75 Palestine      
200 Syria      
275 Armenia & Garamond      
300 Asia Minor      
350 North Africa, Egypt      
CCN Italy      
CCB Spain      
200 France      
300 Germany. Austria. Hungary. Romania      
CCM British Isles      
CCI   Merovingian & Carolingian Art      
CCP  Byzantine Art. General      
95 Architecture      
240 Painting      
255 Sculpture & Applied Arts      
375 Mount Athos      
475 Eastern Europe      
Illuminated Manuscripts 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CHF General      
CHP Collections      
390 Collections      
635 Sale Catalogues      
CHG Byzantium      
CHK Latin Classical Manuscripts      
CHI The West: Early Middle Ages      
CHN Italy      
CHL Spain      
CHB France & Low Countries      
390– Religious Texts      
635– Secular Texts      
CHM England      
150 Religious Texts      
380 Secular Texts      
CHE Germany      
80 Regional Schools      
675 Late Middle Ages      
995 Secular Text      

 

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Italian Art CNF General      
50 Middle Ages      
150 Renaissance      
280 Regional Schools      
CNI Architecture. General      
CNL Middle Ages      
CNP  15th century      
305 Architecture. 15th century      
CNO Sculpture. General      
CNE   Middle Ages      
CND 14th century. General      
400 14th century      
445 15th century      
765 16th century      
2100 17th century      
CNN Painting. General.      
CNB Painting. Middle Ages      
CNA  Painting: Renaissance Schools      
300 13th century      
490 15th century Florence      
From 661-    
790 Central Italy      
860 Siena      
925 Umbria      
1027 Ferrara, Bologna      
1125 Venice      
1260 Lombardy      
CNM 16th century      
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      
CLL Architecture. General & Middle Ages      
CLP Modern      
CLO Sculpture General & Middle Ages      
CLD Sculpture Modern      
CLN Painting      
CLB  Middle Ages      
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      
CBL  Architecture. General      
25 Architecture Romanesque    
300 Gothic    
CBO Sculpture General      
CBE  Romanesque      
200 Gothic    
CBD  16th century      
CBP   Architecture 16th century      
CBN Painting General      
CBB  Painting Middle Ages      
CBA  15th century      
125 16th century    
CBM 17th century      
224 18th century    
Flemish and Dutch Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CDF General      
CDL Architecture General & Middle Ages      
CDP  Architecture. 16th century      
CDE Sculpture. General & Middle Ages      
CDD Sculpture. 16th Century      
CDN  Painting. General      
       
200– Foreign Influences      
250– Local Schools    
CDB Middle Ages      
CDA 15th -16th century      
60– Van Eyck      
100– Van der Weyden      
180– Memling      
225– 16th century      
285– Lucas van Leyden      
435– Brueghel      
CDM 17th century General      
125– Flemish      
375– Rubens      
390– Jordaens      
400– Van Dyck      
CFM 17th century Dutch      
350– Rembrandt      
       
375– School of Rembrandt      
525– Vermeer      
British Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CMF General      
CML Architecture      
CMO Sculpture Middle Ages      
CMD  16th century      
CMB   Painting Middle Ages      
CMC   16th century      
CMM 18th century      
German Art 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CEF General      
CEL Architecture      
1– Romanesque      
310– Gothic      
500– Late Gothic      
CEP Renaissance      
400– Baroque      
CEO Sculpture. General      
CEE Middle Ages      
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      
350– Baroque    
CEN Painting General      
CEB Middle Ages      
CEA 14th century: General      
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      
         220– Architecture      
         420– Sculpture      
         610– Painting      
Applied Arts, Art Collecting 1st Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
CGA Ornament      
CGF General      
300– Folk Art      
CGE Furniture      
CGB Cassoni      
300– Pottery      
605– Glass      
CGC 500– Stained Glass      
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      
CGL Goldsmith’s Work      
500– Enamel      
720– Metal Work      
1175– Arms & Armour      
CGO 200– Engraved Gems      
600– Medals      
CGN 400– Ivory      
900– Amber      
CGD Town Planning      
295- Castles      
3000– Gardens      
CGI 1–980 General      
CGI 983– General      
1600– Museums      
1750– Forgery      
1765– Conservation      
1820– War Losses      
1900–2379 Art Dealing      
[CGI 2380– Sales Catalogues. These are shelved in the Basement]