AMICO Technology Committee
AMICO Data Dictionary Version 0.9, Dated March 4, 1998
TAG AMICO-FIELDS Core? Repeat? AMICO Guidelines Examples Unique ID AMICO Identifier * N NMAA.87-32547/a-g}~ AIC_456502}~ GEH_3457-86}~ What is it? Object - Type * Y added by AMICO members from short list of terms installation}~ sculpture}~ watercolor}~ Object - Parts/Pieces Y a number or description of parts/pieces chair, shelf, painting on canvas, robe, and bricks}~ 3 panels}~ 2}~ CLG Classification Y Group Element }~ CLT Classification - Term Y terms currently used by AMICO members as object-type or classification sculptural multimedia installation}~works of art on paper CLS Classification - Scheme Y if terms follow a scheme, the abbreviation from a list AAT}~ What is it called? OTG Object- Title/Name Y Group element }~ OTN Object-Title-Name * Y In the Afternoon}~ untitled}~ Blue #6 OTT Title-Type Y Can include terms/phrases such as 'preferred', 'as given by artist', etc. preferred}~ popular}~ as first exhibited}~ OST State Y 1 of 5}~ only known}~ artists proof OEN Edition Y 1st}~ Second American}~ What does it look like? OPD Physical Description N Narrative - includes description of components. The objects are off center with a brick pathway leading towards them and the canvas in the background}~Installation piece for the 2nd floor sculpture cort comprised of several pine sticks. The ones in the center are burned }~ OPO Physical Orientation/Arrangement N horizontal}~ designed for 14'x28' room}~ on pedestal MET Measurements-Text * Y use for concantenated measurement texts 14'x28'}~ 17.6 " x 38" unframed}~ 160 kg.}~ 13.2 cu.m. MEG Measurements Y Group element }~ MCM Measurement-Component-Measured N what was measured (sheet, frame, lid, pedestal etc.) sheet}~frame}~lid}~pedestal}~ MED Measurement-Dimension N value table: height, width, depth, weight, circumference, duration, volume, etc. height}~ width}~ length}~ circumference}~ diameter}~ volume}~ weight}~ duration}~ MDV Measurement-Dimension-Value N the number of units measured 37.6}~ 14}~ 182.25 MDU Measurement-Dimension-Units N value table: inches, feet, mm, cm, lbs., oz., kg, gr., minutes, sq.ft, cu.ft etc. linear measurements: inches}~ ft}~ mm.}~ cm}~ meters}~ planar measurements: sq.ft.}~ sq m.}~ volumetric measurements: cu.ft. cu.meters}~ pounds, ounces}~ grams, kilograms}~ seconds, minutes}~ hours}~ ) MEQ Measurement-Qualifier Y +/- amount or term plus/minus 10}~ accurate to 96%}~ circa}~ OMG Materials and Techniques Y Group Element }~ OMD Materials and Techniques-Description * N Bricks, furniture and canvas}~ ink and watercolor on paper}~ oil on canvas}~ OMT Materials and Techniques-Process/Technique-Term Y construction}~ freehand drawing}~ drip painting}~lithograph OMM Materials and Techniques-Materials-Term Y brick}~ oak}~ watercolor}~ varnish}~ OMS Materials and Techniques-Support Y rice paper}~ canvas OIN Inscriptions and/or Marks Y signed, JG., lower front}~ silver mark on handle}~ inscribed "to my friend john" on rear, with date July 14, 1973}~ OCH Condition/Examination History Y "Excellent Condition according to Condition Report, 14/7/82, H.M. Black, Conservator}~ not inspected when first accessioned, found to have scratch in upper left, 3 inches long, during 1965 inventory}~ OTH Treatment/Conservation History Y Restored, summer 1987. Detailed treatment report available}~Base reaffixed July 1987}~ Who made it? CRG Creator Y Group Element }~ CRQ Creator-Qualifier N School of}~ Follower of}~ Attributed to}~ Copy after}~ CRT Creator-Name-Text * Y Display form of Creator Name or if Creator-Name isn't present, display form of Creator Culture Nationality Vito Acconci}~ W. Eugene Smith }~ Rembrandt van Rijn CRN Creator-Name * or CRC N Sort Form of Creator name Acconci, Vito}~ Smith, W. Eugene}~ Rembrandt van Rijn CRC Creator-Culture/Nationality * or CRN N Benin Culture}~ Egyptian 1085-710 B.C.}~ Native American CDT Creator-Dates/Locations-Text N born 1876 in Staffordshire, England}~ after 800 B.C.}~ not before 1766}~ c.1450}~ 3rd century B.C.}~Died 1990 CBD Creator-Birth-Date N 1957}~ 19780914}~ 190206}~ CBP Creator-Birth-Place N Lille, France}~ The Netherlands}~ London, Ontario, Canada CBQ Creator-Birth-Qualifier N c.}~ circa}~ before}~ not after}~ no later than}~ CDD Creator-Death-Date N 1320}~ 19380914}~ 710 B.C.}~ CDP Creator-Death-Place N Helsinki, Finland}~ India}~ at sea, South Atlantic}~ CDQ Creator-Death-Qualifier N c.}~ circa}~ before}~ not after}~ no later than}~ CAD Creator-Active-Date N 1342-1386}~ 1960's}~ early 7th century B.C.}~ CAP Creator-Active-Place Y France}~ Middle Kingdom, Egypt}~ North America}~ CGN Creator-Gender N Male}~ Female}~ CRB Creator-Biography N Active in Canada 1844-71; Came to Canada in 1842}~Winner of the Prix du Rome in 1903. CRR Creator-Role Y sculptor}~ designer}~ print maker}~ castings manager}~ CNO Creator-Notes N Not known to have ever signed works. WHEN was it made? OCG Creation-Dates Y Group Element }~ OCT Creation-Date-Text * N c. 1645}~ 1957}~ dated by the artist as September 13, 1975}~ OCS Creation-Date-Start N 1300}~ 198209}~ 19461103}~ OCE Creation-Date-End N 1300}~ 198209}~ 19461103}~ OCQ Creation-Date-Qualifier N c.}~ circa}~ before}~ not after}~ no later than}~ WHERE was it made? OCP Creation-Place Y Paris, France}~Loire River Valley}~Los Angeles, California, USA}~ WHAT is it ABOUT? STG Style/Period Y Group Element }~ STD Style/Period-Description N Early Christian with Byzantine influence}~ Eastern Han ceramic ware with 13th century decorative glazes}~ Baroque}~ Etruscan influenced}~ STT Style/Period-Terms Y Art Nouveau}~ Minyan ware}~ French Colonial}~ SUG Subject Matter Y Group Element }~ SUP Subject Matter-PreIconographic Description N Pastoral landscape with cattle in fields in background}~ Full length portrait with ball gown and pearls}~ Group of men at table gambling and drinking}~ SUI Subject Matter-Iconography Y Diana and hounds}~ Christ in the temple}~ Herrod and the slaughter of the innocents}~ SUT Subject Matter-Index Terms Y Mrs. John Patorius}~ Court of Louis XIV}~ Netherlands - 16th century, Recreation}~ CXG Context Y Group Element }~ CXD Context-Description N Excavated at Pompei in the 1876 expedition}~ Installed in Brussels town square until 1782}~ Originally displayed with framelike structure built by the artist as part of the Black3 series}~ CXP Context-Related-Person Y Pershing, John}~ Emperor Hirohito}~ Wu Hen Din}~Pope Julius II}~ CXS Context-Related Site/Place Y Brussels, Belgium}~ Pompei, Italy}~ Times Square, New York, New York, USA}~ CXT Context-Time Period/Dates N 1876}~ 1782}~prior to acquisition by the museum in 1956}~}~ What does is it MEAN? OCR Critical Responses Y Maravius, Hans, "In the Light of day", The New City News, January 7, 1987}~ Who showed it? OEH Exhibition or Loan History Y Manchester Museum of Art, June 10 - September 18, 1976, "New Lines in Grand Masters" Who owned it? OOG Owner * Y Group Element }~ OON Owner Name * N The name of the institution or individual who owns the work now [e.g. the AMICO member]. Can repeat if multiple/part owners SF MOMA}~ The Trustees of the Harold J. Jameson Memorial Museum of Crafts}~ OOP Owner-Place * Y Buffalo, New York, USA}~ St. Petersburg, Russia}~ San Diago, Chile}~ OOA Owner-Accession-Number * Y 87-4532.a-c}~ 456565-0112}~ OOC Owner-Credit-Line * Y Gift of Mrs. John Francis Blue}~ Purchased with funds from trustees and friends in memory of Hector Escobosa, Brayton Wilbur and J.D. Zellerbach}~ OPO Provenance/Prior Owners-Text Y Andrew Carnegie}~ ASEA International Ltd.}~ Mr. & Mrs. John A. T. Pastors}~ ORG Rights/Copyright Y Group Element }~ ORS Copyright-Statement N used to specify known rights holders encumberances/restrictions Permission for educational use only granted by the Trustees of the Picasso estate}~ No reproductions permitted under terms of the gift}~ ORL Copyright-Link * N URL to link to AMICO members rights office http://www.artic.edu}~ What is it related to? RWG Related Works of Art Y Group Element }~ RWD Related-Works-Description N David Hockney, "Mulholland Drive: the Road to the Studio", 1980}~ Other statues from the same site accessioned by the British Museum in 1845}~ RWR Related-Works-Relationship-Type N IsBasisFor}~ IsPartOf}~ References}~ RWL Related-Works-Identifier/Link N LAMA.AC1954.856.32}~ AKAG.1863:1}~ RIG Related Images * Y Group Element }~ RIP Related-Image-Preferred * N Indicator [yes/no] of preferred image Y}~ N}~ RID Related-Image-Description * Y The view: full, detail, recto, verso, 360 degrees,etc. Detail}~ Full View}~ Aerial view}~ 360 degrees}~x-ray}~ RIR Related-Image-Relationship-Type * N DC.Relation (if original work is analog = HasFormat}~ if original work is digital = HasVersion}~) HasFormat}~ HasVersion}~ RIL Related-Image-Identifier/Link * N The identifier of the related image file AIC_.96-34543.tif}~ SFMA.89-2335.jpg}~ RMG Related Multimedia Y Group Element }~ RMD Related-Multimedia-Description N Interview, in the artist's studio, January 17, 1993}~ "Fly-Through" movie of the installation seen from three feet above ground}~ Interpretation offered by the Museum Director in the gallery audio}~ RMR Related-Multimedia-Relationship-Type N References}~ IsVersionOf}~ IsBasedOn}~ RML Related-Multimedia-Identifier/Link N SFMA.96-543.mov}~ SDCA.1324:87.1.wav}~ NMAA.67-3452.cgm}~ RDG Related Documents Y Group Element }~ RDD Related-Document-Description N Johnson, James, "Major Works by Hungarian Artists, London, Ballet & Baney, 1963 p.137-138}~ The New Reporter, "ARTopenARTclosed", June 17, 1989, p.7}~transcript of gallery talk at opening, Museum Archives}~ RDR Related-Document-Relationship-Type N References}~ RDL Related-Document-Identifier/Link N WGA_.doc1876-45.sgm}~ MIA_.newreporter46.gif}~ NMAA.Ex85-342.txt}~ Who documented it? DCH Documentation/Cataloguing-History Y Group Element }~ DCB Documented/Cataloged By Y Jameson}~ PDT}~ PhotoServices3}~ DCD Documented/Cataloged-Date Y 19870415}~ Interpretations Version Control AVD AMICO-Validated-Date * N Created by AMICO 19980324}~19980214}~ AVV Validation-Dictionary-Version * N Created by AMICO 1.0}~1.3}~ 2.1}~
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