This is BIC’s Subject Categories and Qualifiers Scheme, version 2.1 released November 2010, the standard classification scheme for the UK book trade and some other English language markets, available from www.bic.org.uk.
Note that BIC has announced that there will be no further development of the BIC scheme, and that Thema is its preferred subject scheme for current and future use. Browse the latest version of the Thema international, multilingual subject category scheme here.
Code | Description | |
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A | The arts… See also: HPN “Aesthetics” |
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AG | Art treatments and subjects… Note: with AG* codes, assign also the relevant code from AC “History of art / Art and design style” and/or from AF “Art forms”, as appropriate |
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AGB | Individual artists, art monographs |
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AGC | Exhibition catalogues and specific collections See also: WTHM “Museum, historic sites, gallery and art guides” |
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AGH | Human figures depicted in art… |
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AGK | Small-scale, secular and domestic scenes in art Class here: ‘genre’ subjects in art |
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AGN | Animals and nature in art (still life, landscapes and seascapes, etc)… |
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AGP | Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes, machines, etc) |
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AGR | Religious subjects depicted in art |
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AGZ | Art techniques and principles Class here: textbooks and advanced level works on techniques, colour theory, perspective, etc. See WFA “Painting and art manuals” for hobbyist and ‘how-to’ manuals |
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