Here are some recent purchases related to painting!
If you browse the general collection in the following sections, you'll likely run across some useful and interesting books related to painting:
3rd Floor:
ND – Painting
ND 25-48 – General
ND 49-813 – History
ND 1290-1293 – Human figure
ND 1300-1337 – Portraits
ND 1340-1367 – Landscape painting
ND 1370-1375 – Marine painting
ND 1380-1383 – Animals. Birds
ND 1385-1388 – Sports. Hunting, fishing, etc.
ND 1390-1393 – Still life.
ND 1400-1403 – Flowers. Fruit. Trees
ND 1410-1460 – Other subjects.
ND 1470-1625 – Technique and materials
ND 1630-1662 – Examination and conservation of paintings
ND 1700-2495 – Watercolor painting
ND 2550-2733 – Mural painting
ND 2889-3416 – Illuminating of manuscripts and books
NK – Decorative arts
NK 2140-2180 – Decorative painting
5th Floor:
TP – Chemical Technology
TP 934-945 - Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc.
Click here to get a more thorough description of all the call numbers.
Here's a quick guide on how to read call numbers in our library (and most other academic libraries).
The first line is read in alphabetical order.
Read the second line in numerical order.
The third line is tricky. Read the letter in alphabetical order then the number as a decimal.
Sometimes the fourth line will look like this and you read it exactly like the other line.
When you see a line near the bottom that looks like a year, it is a year! This goes in numerical order.
You could think of a call number like a detailed address in reverse: planet, country, state, city, street, street number. Each line helps you narrow down the book's exact location!