class N – Fine Arts

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Class N – Fine Arts is the section of the Library of Congress Classification system that organizes and categorizes works related to the visual arts, including painting, sculpture, architecture, and related disciplines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Library of Congress Classification class
knowledge organization system component
appliesTo audiovisual materials on visual arts
digital resources on fine arts
print materials on fine arts
classificationRangeType alphabetic-numeric
coversDiscipline architecture
arts in general
decorative arts
drawing
graphic arts
illustration
painting
photography
printmaking
sculpture
visual arts
field fine arts
hasAbbreviation Class N
hasPurpose to group library materials on fine arts by subject
to standardize fine arts classification across libraries
to support browsing of visual arts collections
hasSubclass Subclass N – Visual arts
Subclass NA – Architecture
Subclass NB – Sculpture
Subclass NC – Drawing, Design, Illustration
Subclass ND – Painting
Subclass NE – Print media
Subclass NK – Decorative arts
Subclass NX – Arts in general
language English
maintainedBy Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division
organizes architectural treatises
artists’ monographs
exhibition catalogs
monographs on fine arts
museum catalogs
reference works on visual arts
serials on fine arts
partOf Library of Congress Classification
relatedTo Dewey Decimal Classification 700 – The arts
usedBy Library of Congress
academic libraries
research libraries
usedFor cataloging fine arts materials
shelving books on fine arts
subject organization of visual arts collections
usedInCountry United States
other countries adopting Library of Congress Classification

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Library of Congress Classification
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