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Call Numbers (Library of Congress Classification)

How to find books and other materials using their Library of Congress call numbers.

Class N --Fine Arts

  • N--Visual arts 
  • NA--Architecture 
  • NB--Sculpture 
  • NC--Drawing. Design. Illustration 
  • ND--Painting 
  • NE--Print media 
  • NK--Decorative arts 
  • NX--Arts in general

Subclasses

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

NA1-9428--Architecture

NA1-60--General

NA100-130--Architecture and the state

NA190-1555.5--History

NA1995--Architecture as a profession

NA2000-2320--Study and teaching. Research

NA2335-2360--Competitions

NA2400-2460--Museums. Exhibitions

NA2500-2599--General works

NA 2599.5-2599.9--Architectural criticism

NA2695-2793--Architectural drawing and design

NA2835-4050--Details and decoration

NA4100-8480--Special classes of buildings

NA4100-4145--Classed by material

NA4150-4160--Classed by form

NA4170-8480--Classed by use

NA4170-(7020)--Public buildings

NA4590-5621--Religious architecture

NA7100-7884--Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings

NA7910-8125--Clubhouses, guild houses, etc.

NA8200-8260--Farm architecture

NA8300-8480--Outbuildings, gates, fences, etc.

NA9000-9428--Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying

NB1-1952--Sculpture

NB1-50--General

NB60-1115--History

Including collective biography

NB1120-1133--Study and teaching

NB1134-1134.4--Competitions

NB1135-1150--General works

NB1160-1195--Designs and technique

NB1199-1200--Restoration of sculptures

NB1203-1270--Special materials

NB1272-1291--Mobiles, color, sculpture gardens, etc.

NB1293-1895--Special forms

NB1293-1310--Portrait sculpture

NB1312-1313--Equestrian statues

NB1330-1685--Sculptural monuments

NB1750-1793--Religious monuments and shrines

NB1800-1880--Sepulchral monuments

NB1910-1952--Special subjects

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

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

NE1-3002--Print media

NE1-978--Printmaking and engraving

NE1-90--General

NE 218-(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

NK1-(9990)--Decorative arts

NK1-570--General

NK600-806--History

NK1135-1149.5--Arts and crafts movement

NK1160-1590--Decoration and ornament. Design

NK1160-1174--General

NK1175-(1498)--History

NK1505-1535--General works

NK1548-1590--Special subjects for design

NK1648-1678--Religious art

NK1700-2195--Interior decoration. House decoration

NK1700-2138--General. History, etc.

Including special rooms

NK2140-2180--Decorative painting

NK2190-2192--Church decoration

NK2200-2750--Furniture

NK2775-2898--Rugs and carpets

NK2975-3049--Tapestries

NK3175-3296.3--Upholstery. Drapery

NK3375-3496.3--Wallpapers

NK3600-(9990)--Other arts and art industries

NK3700-4695--Ceramics

NK4700-4890--Costume

NK5100-5440--Glass

NK5500-6060--Glyptic arts

NK6400-8459--Metalwork

NK8800-9505.5--Textiles

NK9600-9955--Woodwork

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