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Moore Cataloging Procedures

Exhibition Catalogs

Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices, written and compiled by the ARLIS.NA Cataloging Advisory Committee

Art from SHM

See H1250 Art and Fine Art in Cataloger Desktop for more specifcs.

1. 1. Art by more than one artist
a.  General.  Assign the appropriate combination of headings to bring out the following aspects of the art:

650 #0 $a [art form with national, regional, ethnic or religious qualifier] $z [place of origin] $y [period subdivision].
650 #0 $a [art form with period qualifier] $z [place of origin].
650 #0 $a [style, movement, etc.] $z [place of origin].
650 #0 $a [theme].
650 #0 $a [art form] $z [present location].
6XX XX $a [owner].
6XX XX $a [other headings as appropriate].
 
 
 
2. Art by a single artist.
a.  General.  Assign the name of the artist as the first heading to works that deal with several examples of art by a single artist.  Use free-floating subdivisions from H 1110 as appropriate.  Assign additional headings for style or movement, theme, location, and ownership in accordance with the instructions for art by more than one artist.  If the work being cataloged includes biographical information assign also any headings required for that aspect in accordance with instructions in H 1330.