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Oh yes:
"Lacquering and lacquering"
"Lace and lace making"
and so on....
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Diana E.M. Cooper 604-822-3943
Fine Arts Reference Librarian
Fine Arts Library
University of British Columbia
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Susan Lentz wrote:
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> 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 "Painte
> > -- United States -- Exhibitions" and I adjusted the last subdivision to
> > something else, probably "-- Biography." This I did under the assumption tha
> > usually painters are not exhibited, paintings are. There are exceptions, e.g
> > portraits of painters, Gilbert and George. For the former I would probably u
> > "Painters -- Portraits -- Exhibitions."
> >
> > I then checked the Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings memo H 1593 o
> > 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 headin
> > for "Exhibition catalogs" separate from the topical, etc. subject analysis,
> > the combination of "Painters -- United States" and "Exhibition catalogs" wou
> > result without the disjuncture of painters being exhibited.
> >
> > Sherman Clarke
> > NYU
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