LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE 

CLASS N - FINE ARTS

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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
Subclass N 

N1-(9211) Visual arts

N1-58 General

N61-72 Theory. Philosophy. Aesthetics of the visual arts

N81-390 Study and teaching. Research

N400-3990 Art museums, galleries, etc.

N4390-5098 Exhibitions

N5198-5299 Private collections and collectors

N5300-7418 History

N7420-7525.8 General works

N7560-8266 Special subjects of art

N8350-8356 Art as a profession. Artists

N8510-8553 Art studios, materials, etc.

N8554-8585 Examination and conservation of works of art

N8600-8675 Economics of art

N8700-9165 Art and the state. Public art
Subclass NA 

NA1-9428 Architecture 

NA1-60 

NA100-130 

NA190-1555.5 

NA1995 

NA2000-2320 

NA2335-2360 

NA2400-2460 

NA2500-2599 

NA 2599.5-2599.9 

NA2695-2793 

NA2835-4050 

NA4100-8480 

NA4100-4145 

NA4150-4160 

NA4170-8480 

NA4170-(7020) 

NA4590-5621 

NA7100-7884 

NA7910-8125 

NA8200-8260 

NA8300-8480 

NA9000-9428 

General

Architecture and the state

History

Architecture as a profession

Study and teaching. Research

Competitions

Museums. Exhibitions

General works

Architectural criticism

Architectural drawing and design

Details and decoration

Special classes of buildings

Classed by material 

Classed by form 

Classed by use 

Public buildings 

Religious architecture 

Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings 

Clubhouses, guild houses, etc. 

Farm architecture 

Outbuildings, gates, fences, etc. 

Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying 
Subclass NB 

NB1-1952 

NB1-50 

NB60-1115 

NB1120-1133 

NB1134-1134.4 

NB1135-1150 

NB1160-1195 

NB1199-1200 

NB1203-1270 

NB1272-1291 

NB1293-1895 

NB1293-1310 

NB1312-1313 

NB1330-1685 

NB1750-1793 

NB1800-1880 

NB1910-1952 

Sculpture 

General 

History 

Including collective biography 

Study and teaching 

Competitions 

General works 

Designs and technique 

Restoration of sculptures 

Special materials 

Mobiles, color, sculpture gardens, etc. 

Special forms 

Portrait sculpture

Equestrian statues

Sculptural monuments

Religious monuments and shrines

Sepulchral monuments

Special subjects 
Subclass NC 

NC1-1940 Drawing. Design. Illustration 

NC1-45 General 

Including collective biography 

NC50-266 History of drawing 

NC390-670 Study and teaching 

NC673-677 Competitions 

NC703-725 General works 

NC730-758 Technique 

NC760-825 Special subjects 

NC845-915 Graphic art materials 

NC930 Conservation and restoration of drawings 

NC950-(996) Illustration 

NC997-1003 Commercial art. Advertising art 

NC1280-1284 Printed ephemera. Imagerie populaire 

NC1300-1766 Pictorial humor, caricature, etc. 

NC1800-1850 Posters 

NC1860-1896 Greeting cards, postcards, invitations, book jackets, etc. 

NC1920-1940 Copying, enlarging, and reduction of drawings 
Subclass ND 

ND25-3416 Painting

ND25-(48) General

ND49-813 History

ND1115-1120 Study and teaching

ND1130-1156 General works

ND1288-1460 Special subjects

ND1290-1293 Human figure

ND1300-1337 Portraits

ND1340-1367 Landscape painting

ND1370-1375 Marine painting

ND1380-1383 Animals. Birds

ND1385-1388 Sports. Hunting, fishing, etc.

ND1390-1393 Still life

ND1400-1403 Flowers. Fruit. Trees

ND1410-1460 Other subjects

ND1470-1625 Technique and materials

ND1630-1662 Examination and conservation of paintings

ND1700-2495 Watercolor painting

ND2550-2733 Mural painting

ND2889-3416 Illuminating of manuscripts and books
Subclass NE 

NE1-3002 Print media

NE1-978 Printmaking and engraving

NE1-90 General

NE218-(330) Engraved portraits. Self-portraits

NE380 Conservation and restoration of prints

NE390-395 Collected works

NE400-773 History of printmaking

NE830-898 General works

NE951-962 Special subjects

NE965-965.3 Tradesmen's cards

NE970-973 Study and teaching

NE975-975.4 Competitions

NE977-978 Equipment

NE1000-1352 Wood engraving

NE1000-1027 General

NE1030-1196.3 History

NE1220-1233 General works

NE1310-1326.5 Japanese prints

NE1330-1336 Linoleum block prints

NE1340 Fish prints

NE1344-1345 Potato prints

NE1350-1352 Other materials used in relief printing

NE1400-1879 Metal engraving

NE1400-1422 General

NE1620-1630 General works

NE1634-1749 History

NE1750-1775 Copper engraving

NE1850-1879 Color prints

NE1940-2232.5 Etching and aquatint

NE1940-1975 General

NE1980-2055.5 History

NE2120-2140 General works

NE2141-2149 Special subjects

NE2220-2225 Dry point

NE2236-2240.6 Serigraphy

NE2242-2246 Monotype (Printmaking)

NE2250-2570 Lithography

NE2685-2685.8 Lumiprints

NE2690 Engraving on glass

NE2800-2880 Printing of engravings

NE3000-3002 Copying art. Copying machine art
Subclass NK 

NK1-(9990) 

NK1-570 

NK600-806 

NK1135-1149.5 

NK1160-1590 

NK1160-1174 

NK 1175-(1498) 

NK1505-1535 

NK1548-1590 

NK1648-1678 

NK1700-2195 

NK1700-2138 

NK2140-2180 

NK2190-2192 

NK2200-2750 

NK2775-2898 

NK2975-3049 

NK3175-3296.3 

NK3375-3496.3 

NK3600-(9990) 

NK3700-4695 

NK4700-4890 

NK5100-5440 

NK5500-6060 

NK6400-8459 

NK8800-9505.5 

NK9600-9955 

Decorative arts 

General 

History 

Arts and crafts movement 

Decoration and ornament. Design 

General

History

General works

Special subjects for design

Religious art 

Interior decoration. House decoration 

General. History, etc. 

Including special rooms 

Decorative painting 

Church decoration 

Furniture

Rugs and carpets

Tapestries

Upholstery. Drapery

Wallpapers

Other arts and art industries

Ceramics 

Costume 

Glass 

Glyptic arts 

Metalwork 

Textiles 

Woodwork 
Subclass NX 

NX1-820 Arts in general

NX1-260 General

NX280-410 Study and teaching. Research

NX411-415 Competitions

NX420-430 Exhibitions

NX440-632 History of the arts

NX650-694 Special subjects, characters, persons, religious arts, etc.

NX700-750 Patronage of the arts

NX760-770 Administration of the arts

NX775-777 Voluntarism in the arts

NX798-820 Arts centers and facilities