title: Library of Congress Classification:Class N -- Fine Arts
text: # Library of Congress Classification:Class N -- Fine Arts
  
  Class N:Fine Arts is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This page outlines the subclasses of Class N.
  
  ## N - Visual Arts
  
      1-58..........................................General
      61-72........................................Theory. Philosophy. Aesthetics of the visual arts
      81-390......................................Study and teaching. Research
      400-3990..................................Art museums, galleries, etc.
      4390-5098................................Exhibitions
      5198-5299................................Private collections and collectors
      5300-7418................................History
      7420-7525.8..............................General works
      7560-8266................................Special subjects of art
      8350-8356................................Art as a profession. Artists
      8510-8553................................Art studios, materials, etc.
      8554-8585................................Examination and conservation of works of art
      8600-8675................................Economics of art
      8700-9165................................Art and the state. Public art
  
  ## NA - Architecture
  
      1-60........................................General
      100-130..................................Architecture and the state
      190-1555.5..............................History
      1995........................................Architecture as a profession
      2000-2320..............................Study and teaching. Research
      2335-2360..............................Competitions
      2400-2460..............................Museums. Exhibitions
      2500-2599..............................General works
      2599.5-2599.9........................Architectural criticism
      2695-2793..............................Architectural drawing and design
      2835-4050..............................Details and decoration
      4100-8480..............................Special classes of buildings
         4100-4145....................................Classed by material
         4150-4160....................................Classed by form
         4170-8480....................................Classed by use
            4170-(7020)........................................Public buildings
               4590-5621................................................Religious architecture
         7100-7884..........................................Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings
         7910-8125..........................................Clubhouses, guild houses, etc.
         8200-8260..........................................Farm architecture
         8300-8480..........................................Outbuildings, gates, fences, etc.
      9000-9428..............................Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
  
  ## NB - Sculpture
  
      1-50........................................General
      60-1115..................................History. Including collective biography
      1120-1133..............................Study and teaching
      1134-1134.4............................Competitions
      1135-1150..............................General works
      1160-1195..............................Designs and technique
      1199-1200..............................Restoration of sculptures
      1203-1270..............................Special materials
      1272-1291..............................Mobiles, color, sculpture gardens, etc.
      1293-1895..............................Special forms
      1293-1310....................................Portrait sculpture
      1312-1313....................................Equestrian statues
      1330-1685....................................Sculptural monuments
      1750-1793....................................Religious monuments and shrines
      1800-1880....................................Sepulchral monuments
      1910-1952..............................Special subjects
  
  ## NC - Drawing. Design. Illustration
  
      1-45........................................General. Including collective biography
      50-266....................................History of drawing
      390-670..................................Study and teaching
      673-677..................................Competitions
      703-725..................................General works
      730-758..................................Technique
      760-825..................................Special subjects
      845-915..................................Graphic art materials
      930........................................Conservation and restoration of drawings
      950-(996)................................Illustration
      997-1003................................Commercial art. Advertising art
      1280-1284..............................Printed ephemera. Imagerie populaire
      1300-1766..............................Pictorial humor, caricature, etc.
      1800-1850..............................Posters
      1860-1896..............................Greeting cards, postcards, invitations, book jackets, etc.
      1920-1940..............................Copying, enlarging, and reduction of drawings
  
  ## ND - Painting
  
      25-(48)....................................General
      49-813....................................History
      1115-1120..............................Study and teaching
      1130-1156..............................General works
      1288-1460..............................Special subjects
         1290-1293....................................Human figure
         1300-1337....................................Portraits
         1340-1367....................................Landscape painting
         1370-1375....................................Marine painting
         1380-1383....................................Animals. Birds
         1385-1388....................................Sports. Hunting, fishing, etc.
         1390-1393....................................Still life
         1400-1403....................................Flowers. Fruit. Trees
         1410-1460....................................Other subjects
      1470-1625..............................Technique and materials
      1630-1662..............................Examination and conservation of paintings
      1700-2495..............................Watercolor painting
      2550-2733..............................Mural painting
      2889-3416..............................Illuminating of manuscripts and books
  
  ## NE - Print Media
  
      1-978......................................Printmaking and engraving
         1-90..............................................General
         218-(330)......................................Engraved portraits. Self-portraits
         380................................................Conservation and restoration of prints
         390-395........................................Collected works
         400-773........................................History of printmaking
         830-898........................................General works
         951-962........................................Special subjects
         965-965.3......................................Tradesmen's cards
         970-973........................................Study and teaching
         975-975.4......................................Competitions
         977-978........................................Equipment
      1000-1352..............................Wood engraving
         1000-1027....................................General
         1030-1196.3..................................History
         1220-1233....................................General works
         1310-1326.5..................................Japanese prints
         1330-1336....................................Linoleum block prints
         1340..............................................Fish prints
         1344-1345....................................Potato prints
         1350-1352....................................Other materials used in relief printing
      1400-1879..............................Metal engraving
         1400-1422....................................General
         1620-1630....................................General works
         1634-1749....................................History
         1750-1775....................................Copper engraving
         1850-1879....................................Color prints
      1940-2232.5............................Etching and aquatint
         1940-1975....................................General
         1980-2055.5..................................History
         2120-2140....................................General works
         2141-2149....................................Special subjects
         2220-2225....................................Dry point
      2236-2240.6............................Serigraphy
      2242-2246..............................Monotype (Printmaking)
      2250-2570..............................Lithography
      2685-2685.8............................Lumiprints
      2690........................................Engraving on glass
      2800-2880..............................Printing of engravings
      3000-3002..............................Copying art. Copying machine art
  
  ## NK - Decorative arts
  
      1-570......................................General
      600-806..................................History
      1135-1149.5............................Arts and crafts movement
      1160-1590..............................Decoration and ornament. Design
         1160-1174....................................General
         1175-(1498)..................................History
         1505-1535....................................General works
         1548-1590....................................Special subjects for design
      1648-1678..............................Religious art
      1700-2195..............................Interior decoration. House decoration
         1700-2138....................................General. History, etc. Including special rooms
         2140-2180....................................Decorative painting
         2190-2192....................................Church decoration
      2200-2750..............................Furniture
      2775-2898..............................Rugs and carpets
      2975-3049..............................Tapestries
      3175-3296.3............................Upholstery. Drapery
      3375-3496.3............................Wallpapers
      3600-(9990)............................Other arts and art industries
         3700-4695....................................Ceramics
         4700-4890....................................Costume
         5100-5440....................................Glass
         5500-6060....................................Glyptic arts
         6400-8459....................................Metalwork
         8800-9505.5..................................Textiles
         9600-9955....................................Woodwork
  
  ## NX - Arts in General
  
      1-820................................Arts in general
         1-260......................................General
         280-410..................................Study and teaching. Research
         411-415..................................Competitions
         420-430..................................Exhibitions
         440-632..................................History of the arts
         650-694..................................Special subjects, characters, persons, religious arts, etc.
         700-750..................................Patronage of the arts
         760-770..................................Administration of the arts
         775-777..................................Voluntarism in the arts
         798-820..................................Arts centers and facilities
  