Part Six VI › Division II II › Section 628 628

Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography

Subject Outline

ADrawing
- 1Elements of design and principles of composition
- 2Drawing media; e.g., chalk, charcoal, crayon, ink, pastel, pencil, scratchboard, silverpoint, wash
- 3Diverse kinds of drawing
  - aKinds of drawing determined by subject matter; e.g., portraits, landscapes, figure compositions, still lifes
  - bKinds of drawing determined by special uses [for aspects of drawing related to writing, see 629.C.4.]
    - iAnimation
    - iiCaricature, cartoon, comic strip
    - iiiCartography and mapping
    - ivDrafting
- 4The history of drawing
BThe art of painting
- 1Elements of design and principles of composition
- 2The iconography of painting
- 3Painting media; e.g., acrylic, casein, encaustic, fresco, gouache, ink, oil, tempera, watercolour
- 4Related media and techniques
  - aCalligraphy [see 629.C.4.a.]
  - bDrawing [see A., above]
  - cMosaic
  - dPhotography [see D., below]
  - ePrintmaking [see C., below]
  - fStained glass
  - gTapestry
- 5The kinds of painting
  - aKinds of painting determined by the type or form of the physical object on which the picture is painted
    - iFixed objects; e.g., cave painting, mural painting
    - iiMovable objects: easel painting, fan painting, manuscript illumination, miniature painting, screen painting, scroll painting
  - bKinds of painting determined by subject matter
    - iRepresentational painting; e.g., devotional painting, genre painting, landscape painting, narrative painting, portrait painting, still-life painting
    - iiNonrepresentational painting
  - cKinds of painting determined by the maker or by the audience: primitive and folk painting
- 6The history of painting
  - aWestern painting
  - bThe painting of non-Western peoples
CPrintmaking
- 1Printmaking as an art: its characteristics and problems; e.g., the problem of originality versus reproduction
- 2Printmaking media
  - aRelief or cameo media; e.g., woodcuts and linoleum cuts, wood engraving
  - bIntaglio media; e.g., aquatint, drypoint, etching, lift-ground prints, line engraving, mezzotint, soft-ground prints, stipple engraving
  - cSurface media: lithography, monoprint, serigraphy
- 3Printmaking tools and techniques [see 735.E.4.]
- 4The history of printmaking
DPhotography as an art
- 1The nature and problems of photography as an art
- 2Photographic equipment and techniques: lenses; cameras; exposure, processing, and printing [see 735.G.]
- 3The kinds of photography
  - aMajor kinds of photography determined by subject matter; e.g., portraits, landscapes
  - bKinds of functional photography; e.g., photojournalism and photo reportage, astronomical photography, aerial photography, radiography