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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Sherman and fellow catalogers, I think you're right about the uneasy pairing of Form heading and Subdivision. But I also think that the larger world of exhibitions versus art exhibitions is a more important distinction. An exhibition about doctors wouldn't raise the question, because it would be about their lives and activities. An art exhibition however will usually emphasize their art output perhaps in the context of their lives, that is, the paintings are being exhibited not the painters. I'm not sure I'm making myself clear, but I do feel H1593 is written with the larger world of exhibitions in mind. If you look under H1250, there are no examples using Painters or Artists, etc., so I think art subjects as format not as person producing the format is appropriate for use with "exhibitions", "catalogs", etc. for the preponderance of this material. (There is always the possibility of an exhibit with the emphasis on the lives and interaction of the artists rather than the art produced?) From a purely practical standpoint, I think having both Painters and Painting as subject headings would be redundant, rather like going back to the days of Paintings and Painting. (Has anyone else been around long enough to remember that situation?) Susan Lentz Arts Library University of Calif. Santa Barbara, CA 93106 On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Sherman Clarke wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Dear colleagues, > > When cataloging a book not so long ago, I came across a heading like "Painters > -- United States -- Exhibitions" and I adjusted the last subdivision to > something else, probably "-- Biography." This I did under the assumption that > usually painters are not exhibited, paintings are. There are exceptions, e.g. > portraits of painters, Gilbert and George. For the former I would probably use > "Painters -- Portraits -- Exhibitions." > > I then checked the Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings memo H 1593 on > the subdivision and saw that it explicitly stated that the subdivision could > be used under classes of persons, as well as names of persons, ethnic groups, > corporate bodies, literary works, place names, disciplines, and types of > objects. Does anyone else wonder if we should be dividing classes of persons > by "-- Exhibitions" and similar headings like "-- Catalogs"? > > This may be one of those circumstances where the form subdivision fits a > little uneasily under the topical heading. That is, if one had a form heading > for "Exhibition catalogs" separate from the topical, etc. subject analysis, > the combination of "Painters -- United States" and "Exhibition catalogs" would > result without the disjuncture of painters being exhibited. > > Sherman Clarke > NYU > [log in to unmask] > > __________________________________________________________________ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > to [log in to unmask] > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask] > __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]