When electronic or digitized images become the major medium for transmission of images, and when data bases provide sophisticated searches of holdings, knowledge of slide classification systems will become less important to locating images. For the present a general knowledge of the system is indispensable for retrieving slides from the collection. A thorough understanding of the system is must knowledge for students employed in the collection.

Historically, Art slide collections have adopted systems to the needs of their primary users and the Department of Art History slide collection at Rutgers is no exception. This system is a result of compromises betwen existing slide classifications systems and the image needs of the Department. The tables are not presented as a model for slide systems but rather for the convenience of those using and maintaining the slide collection.
 

000- GENERAL 0100 - Techniques 0200 - Topics 0300 - Topics.Advertizing 0400 - Topics.Advertizing:Political 0500 - Historical 0600 - Science & Technology 0700 - Iconography 0800 - Museums,Gallery Installations 0900 - Maps 1000- ARCHITECTURE 1000 - General, Prehistoric, Primitive Architecture 1100 - Ancient Architecture 1200 - Greek architecture 1300 - Roman architecture 1400 - Medieval-to-19c Architecture (with country breakdowns) 1500 - 20c architecture 1600 - Asian architecture

View into Slide Viewing Area from Slide Mounting Room

2000- SCULPTURE

2000 - General, Prehistoric, Oceanic, African, Native American, Precolumbian
2100 - Ancient: Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Minoan, Mycenaean sculpture
2200 - Greek sculpture
2300 - Roman sculpture
2400 - Medieval-to-19c (further country breakdowns)
2600 - Asian sculpture

3000- PAINTING

3000 - General, Prehistoric, Oceanic, African, Native American, Precolumbian
3100 - Ancient: Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Minoan, Mycenaean sculpture
3200 - Greek painting
3300 - Roman painting
3400 - Medieval-to-19c painting (further country break-downs)

3500 20TH-CENTURIES, all media except architecture (which is 1500)

3800 PHOTOGRAPHY 19th century only, see 3500

4000 MANUSCRIPTS

5000 MOSAICS

6000 STAINED GLASS

7000-8999 DECORATIVE ARTS: ceramics, glass, gems, metal, book covers, coins, wood, ivory, textiles, etc.:

7100 - Prehistoric, Primitive, Pre-Columbian, Ancient East
7200 - Ancient Near East
7300 - Egyptian
7400 - Mycenaean
7500 - Minoan
7600 - Greek (Country numbers for provincial)
7700 - Etruscan
7800 - Roman (Country numbers for provincial)
7900 - Migrations
8100 - Early Christian-Byzantine
8200 - Pre-Carolingian (8267 Hiberno-Saxon)
8300 - Carolingian
8400 - Ottonian
8500 - Pre-Romanesque (8566 Anglo-Saxon)
8600 - Romanesque
8700 - Gothic
8799 - Medieval Technique & General
8800 - Islamic
8900 - "Modern Era" - Renaissance through 19c

9000 Miscellaneous