Classifications

Classification

Classification designates the material, regional, or temporal system that represents the strengths of the collection.

This Classification system overlaps where it meets criteria for two or more collection classifications, but should be applied in a standard order as represented in the diagram below.

If an object has tiered classifications and one of them is Prints & Drawings, (primarily Prints and Drawings + Latin American, and Prints & Drawings + American), add both classifications individually then use the arrows to make sure Prints & Drawings is at the top.



Classification

Scope

Modern and Contemporary Art

1890 – present, includes all nationalities except Latin American inclusions, includes all object types

Latin American Art

No date limitations. Includes all Latin American artists. (Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South America)

European Painting and Sculpture

pre-1899, traditional media (painting, sculpture)

Plaster Casts

Specific study collection

Art of the United States

Artworks created in the U.S.

Sub-classification with either Modern and Contemporary or Prints and Drawings. 

Latino Art

Artworks created by U.S. Latinx artists.

Sub-classification with either Modern and Contemporary or Prints and Drawings.

Antiquities

800 BCE through 300 AD

Spanish Americas

1492-1825 

These dates cover from the first European settlements in the Caribbean to the year that the two last countries in the Americas, Bolivia and Uruguay, attained independence from Spain (Mexico and Peru in 1821). Cuba and Puerto Rico became independent from Spain in 1895 and 1897 but went almost immediately to US rulership.

Subclassification with Latin American Art.

Prints & Drawings

All prints and drawings, regardless of artist nationality. Does not include photography.