Controlled List Contents: Fine/Contemporary Art Profile
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Acquisition
Field
Value(s)
Default Value Dynamic/Static
Currency
Alphabetic codes in the ISO Currency Codes list,
ISO 4217
(to be presented along with associated display
names)
Acquisition
method
bequest, exchange, gift, purchase, transfer, treasure gift
USD (US
Dollar)
Static
Dynamic
Cataloging
Field
Value(s)
Default
Dynamic/Static
Value
Other number
type
catalogue; catalogue raisonné; exhibition; lender; model;
obsolete; page; previous; serial; sheet; unknown
none
dynamic
Object name
currency
current; archaic
none
static
Object name
type
architecture; arms and armor; built work; ceramics;
costume; decorative arts; furniture; graphic arts;
installation; jewelry; media art; mixed media; musical
instrument; painting; photograph; performance; portfolio;
print; moveable work; mural; sculpture; sketchbook; tools;
textile; work on paper; video
none
dynamic
Object name
language
Codes in the ISO Representation of Names of Languages,
ISO 639-2 (some 400 "living" languages) or
Codes in the ISO Representation of Names of Languages,
eng
ISO 639-3 (some 7,500 languages, including ancient,
static
(English)
historic and extinct languages; nearly a superset of 639-2
except for certain language groupings) (to be presented
along with associated display names)
Object name
level
collection; component; item; group; multiples; series; set;
subgroup; volume
none
static
Object name
system
Art & Architecture Thesaurus; Nomenclature
none
dynamic
Collection
Library collection, Permanent collection, Study collection,
Teaching collection
none
dynamic
Title type
assigned by artist; creator assigned; collective;
constructed; descriptive; inscribed; institutional; former;
manuscript designation; original; popular; published;
repository; local; series; trade; traditional, translated
none
dynamic
Record status
approved; in process; new; temporary
new
static
Age unit
days; months; weeks; years
none
static
Content - date association
depicted; described; identification, interpretation
none
static
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Content position
back; base; bottom; front; inside; left; main panel; predella;
none
outside; recto; right; rim; side A; side B; top; verso
static
Form
dry; pinned; thin section; wet
dynamic
Inscription - date
inscribed
- association
Inscription
position
none
inscribed static
back; base; bottom; front; inside; left; main panel; predella;
none
outside; recto; right; rim; side A; side B; top; verso
static
Carolingian miniscule; Gothic script; Palmer method;
Inscription script Roman cursive; rustic capitals; Spencerian method; square none
capitals
static
Inscription type
annotation; book plate; brand; calculations; carved;
collector’s mark; colophon; color notes; dated; decoration;
dedicated; details labeled; device; dimensions given;
estate stamp; graffito; foundry mark; hallmark, handwritten,
none
iconograph notation, initialed; impressed; imprinted;
inscribed; inscribed dimensions; inscribed stamp, label;
maker's mark; monogrammed; not inscribed; numbered;
signature; stenciled; titled; transferred; unknown
dynamic
Sex
female; male
none
static
Object status
copy; forgery; holotype; paralectotype; paratype; type
none
static
Phase
adult; imago; larva; nymph; pupa
none
static
Technical
attribute
implement, mark; material, medium, record speed, support,
none
technique
dynamic
Technical
attribute
measurement
78
none
dynamic
Technical
attribute
measurement
unit
rpm
none
dynamic
Object
component
name
blade; buttonhole; handle; sleeve
none
dynamic
Object
production date - not a list - please use concept authority
association
none
Associated date
- association
not a list - please use concept authority
none
Ownership
access
limited; open; restricted
none
dynamic
Ownership
category
auction house, agent, dealer, owner, occupant, public,
private
none
dynamic
Ownership date owned
association
owned
Ownership
exchange
method
none
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auction, bequest, collection of artist, commission,
exchange, gift, leased, original owner, purchase, transfer,
treasure, unknown
dynamic
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Ownership
Alphabetic codes in the ISO Currency Codes list, ISO 4217 USD (US
exchange price static
(to be presented along with associated display names)
Dollar)
denomination
Responsible
department
Antiquities, Architecture and Design, Decorative Arts,
Ethnography, Library, Media and Performance Art,
Paintings and Sculpture, Photographs, Prints and
Drawings
none
dynamic
Field collection
method
borehole; commissioned; exchanged; found dead; metal
detector; netted; photographed; purchased; salvaged; shot; none
trapped
dynamic
Date
Field
Value(s)
Default
Value
Dynamic/Static
Date - Association specific to procedure
none
dynamic
Date BCE; CE
earliest/single era
CE
static
Date - latest era
BCE; CE
CE
static
Date - Certainty
after; about; approximate; before; circa; contemporary;
era; no date; period; probably; possibly; or; spans
none
static
Date - Qualifier
alteration, design, destruction, discovery, early,
execution, late, mid, performance, restoration, +, -, +/-
none
static
Date - Qualifier
unit
day(s), decade(s), centuries, month(s), year(s),
none
static
Dimensions
Field
Default
Dynamic/Static
Value
Value(s)
carats, centimeters, cubic centimeters, feet, inches, gigabytes,
Dimension
kilograms, liters, megabytes, meters, millimeters, minutes, pixels,
Unit
square feet, stories
area, base, circumference, count, depth, diameter, format, height,
Dimension length, running time, scale, size, shape, stories, target, volume, weight,
width
Part
base, columns per page, components, diameter, folios, footprint, frame,
image, interior, leaves, lid, lines per page, mat, mount, overall, panel,
paper, pattern repeat, plate, plate mark, secondary support, sheet,
stories, tessera
Intake
Field
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Value(s)
Default
Dynamic/Static
Value
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Entry method
courier; found on doorstep; in person; post
none
dynamic
Entry reason
consideration; commission; enquiry; loan
none
dynamic
Field collection method
borehole; commissioned; exchanged; found
dead; metal detector; netted; photographed;
purchased; salvaged; shot; trapped
none
dynamic
Date - certainty
after; approximate; before; circa; probably;
possibly
none
static
Date - qualifier (often used in
conjunction with datecertainty)
+ or - 5; + or - 10; + or - 25
none
static
Current location fitness
dangerous; suitable; reasonable; unsuitable
none
dynamic
Condition check/assessment
method
observed; x-rayed
none
dynamic
Condition check/assessment
reason
consideration; damaged in transit; enquiry;
loan in; conservation
none
dynamic
Default
Value
Dynamic/Static
Loans In
Field
Value(s)
agreed; authorized; conservation; refused; renewed;
requested; returned; sent
none
dynamic
Loaned
agreed; authorized; conservation; refused; renewed;
object status requested; returned; sent
none
dynamic
none
dynamic
Loan status
Loan
purpose
analysis; conservation; exhibition; long-term collections
management and storage; photography; research; scientific
preparation
Loans Out
Field
Value(s)
Default
Value
Dynamic/Static
agreed; authorized; conservation; refused; renewed;
requested; returned; sent
none
dynamic
Loaned
agreed; authorized; conservation; refused; renewed;
object status requested; returned; sent
none
dynamic
none
dynamic
Loan status
Loan
purpose
analysis; conservation; exhibition; long-term collections
management and storage; photography; research; scientific
preparation
Location and Movement Control
Field
Current location
fitness
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Value(s)
dangerous; suitable; temporary; unsuitable
Default
Value
none
Dynamic/Static
dynamic
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Movement
method
forklift; handcarried, trolley
none
dynamic
Reason for move
conservation; exhibition; inventory; loan; new storage
location; photography; research
none
dynamic
Media Handling
Field
Default
Dynamic/Static
Value
Value(s)
Date association
please use concept authority
none
Type
contextual image; conservation image; dataset; digital image;
document; documentary image; historical image; installation
image; internegative; moving image; negative; photograph;
reconstruction; slide; sound; videotape; X-ray photograph;
none
Language
Codes in the ISO Representation of Names of Languages, ISO
639-2 (some 400 "living" languages) or
Codes in the ISO Representation of Names of Languages, ISO
eng
639-3 (some 7,500 languages, including ancient, historic and
static
(English)
extinct languages; nearly a superset of 639-2 except for certain
language groupings)
(to be presented along with associated display names)
dynamic
Object Exit
Field
Value(s)
Default Value Dynamic/Static
Exit reason deaccession; disposal; return of loan none
dynamic
Exit method courier; in person; post
dynamic
none
Vocabularies and Authorities
Citation Authority
Field
Source
Type
Value(s)
Default
Value
atlas, birth certificate, brochure, condition report, contract, criticism, diary, dictionary,
dissertation, encyclopedia, exhibition catalogue, exhibition checklist, exhibition review,
none
Festschrift, gazetteer, guide book, history, inventory, journal article, letter,
monograph, newspaper article, obituary, verbal opinion
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