Art books are arranged according to the Library of Congress (LC) rules. LC divides the books by medium. Within each medium, the books are typically shelved in this order: general, history (includes works on individual artists), study and teaching, and then special topics. While most books are in the N section, many are in the T (technology) section.

• N - Visual Arts
  • N 72 - Art in relation to other subjects, A-Z
  • N 72 H6.3 - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • N 5300-7418 - Art History
    by time period, then by country/region, and my special movements
    • N 7277-7279 - Art of Israel (secular)
    • N 7414-7418 - Jewish art (but individual Jewish artists are listed by their medium and nationality)
• NA - Architecture
  • NA 4690 - Synagogues
  • NA 5201-6114 - Synagogues by country/region
• NB - Sculpture
  • NB 199 - Jewish sculpture
  • NB 237-1113 - Individual sculptors, by country
  • NB 1800-1880 - Sepulchral monuments, gravestones
• NC - Drawing, Design, Illustration
• ND - Painting
  • ND 199 - Jewish painting (but individual Jewish artists are listed by their nationality)
  • ND 201-1114 Painters by country
  • ND 2889-3416 - Illuminating of manuscripts and books
• NE - Print Media
  • NE 1000-1027 - Woodcuts, block printing
  • NE 1400-1879 - Metal engraving
  • NE 1940-2230 - Etching and aquatint
  • NE 2236-2890 - Other printmaking techniques
• NK - Decorative arts
  • NK 1672 - Jewish decorative arts for home and synagogue
  • NK 3700-4695 - Ceramics
  • NK 5100-5440 - Glass
  • NK 6400-8459 - Metalwork
  • NK 8800-9505 - Textiles
  • NK 9600-9955 - Woodwork
• NX - Arts in General
• TR - Photography
• TT - Arts and Crafts
  • TT 113 I 7.5 - Crafts of Israel
  • TT 160 - Crafts for children
  • TT 500-695 - Clothing & fashion
  • TT 740-829 - Needlework
  • TT 835 - Quilting
  • TT 870 - Paper work, including papercutting

Moses
American Pascal, 1976

Royselekh for Shavuot
Sheryl Stahl, 1999

Image from Birkat ha-hammah HUC-JIR mss. 795 Leghorn, Italy, 1806

Note that this arrangement means that if an artist works in several media, his/her works will be shelved in several sections. For example, works on Marc Chagall are shelved in ...

• N 6999 C4.6 - Artists of the Russia/Soviet Union
• ND 699 C5 - Russian/Soviet painters
• ND 1978 C5 - Russain/Soviet watercolor painters
• NC 269 C5 - Russian/Soviet illustrators/graphic artists
• NE 2049.5 C5 - French artists in print media
• NK 3056 C5 - Russian/Soviet tapestry artists
• NK 5398 C5 - Stained-glass artists

Global Directory of Jewish Museums
http://www.science.co.il/Jewish-Museums.asp

Skirball Cultural Center
http://www.skirball.org/

The Jewish Museum
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/

American Guild of Judaic Art
http://www.jewishart.org/

Visual Midrash
This is a searchable site on Art of the Bible. You can search by subject, artist, and portion.
http://www.tali-virtualmidrash.org.il/DefaultEng.aspx

While the Library thinks that these sites are useful, their content is not under our control and may express views that are not shared by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

If you have any further questions about finding information on this, or any other topic, ask your local HUC-JIR librarian or email us using the form on the campus library homepage.