Browse by Topic:
I. Subject Matter
A. Historical Subject Matter
1. Pre-Twentieth Century United States History
2. World War I
a. Homefront/Civilians
b. War Scenes/Battles
c. Death
d. Misc.
3. Depression
a. WPA Art
b. Labor
c. WPA Workers/Government Relief Programs
d. Unemployment/Poverty
e. Industry
f. Death
g. Strikes/Politics
h. Natural Disaster/Dust Bowl
i. African American Culture/Experience
j. Women
k. Misc.
4. Spanish Civil War
5. WWII
a. Events Leading Up to the War
b. Homefront/Civilians
c. War Scenes/Battles
d. Holocaust
e. Atomic Bomb/War Technology
f. Artists for Victory
g. Hitler/Fascism
h. Results of/Reflections on the War
i. Misc.
B. Biblical Figures and Themes
1. Virgin/ Madonna and Child
2. Adam and Eve
3. Christ/Passion
4. Saints
5. David/ David and Goliath
6. Sampson/ Sampson and Delilah
7. Joseph
8. Lazarus
9. Angels/Putti
10. Moses/ Moses and Aaron
11. Misc.
C. Myths and Fables
1. Venus
2. Cupid/Putti
3. Thetis and Chiron
4. Hercules
5. Mars
6. Fortune
7. Jupiter and Juno
8. Faun and Nymphs
9. Apollo and Diana
10. Triton and Nereid
11. Orpheus
12. Misc.
D. Architecture
1. Architectural Details
2. Architectural Drawings
3. Residential
4. Commercial
5. Interiors
6. Bridges
7. Churches
8. Public Buildings
9. Misc.
E. Labor
1. Agriculture and Natural Resources
a. Field Labor
b. Miners
c. Hunters
d. Fishermen/Dock Workers
2. Crafts and Trades
3. Government/Politics
4. Industrial Labor
5. Transportation
6. Domestic
7. Unemployment/Poverty
8. Misc.
F. Arts/ Entertainment/Leisure
1. Music
2. Circus/Carnivals
3. Dance
4. Theater/Performance
5. Games
6. Literature
7. Sports
8. Visual Arts
9. Fashion
10. Misc.
G.Animals
1. Domestic
2. Wild
H. Insects
I. Fish
J. Maps
K. Science/Space/Technology
L. Race/Ethnicity/Nationality
1. Apartheid
2. Immigration
3. Civil Rights
4. African Americans
5. Chinese
6. German
7. Mexican
8. Native American
9. Spanish
10. Japanese
11. Ethnography/Anthropology
12. Misc.
M. Gender Issues
1. Women
2. Feminism
3. Homosexuality
N. Love and Marriage
O. Crime and Justice
P. War-General
Q. Politics-General
R. Death-General
II. Genres
A. Landscapes
1. Rural Landscape
2. Urban Landscapes
3. Towns
4. Seascapes/Harbors
5. Industrial Landscapes
6. Chicago
B Portraiture
1. Self-Portraits
2. Royalty
3. Military
4. Group/Family
5. Women
6. Men
7. Misc.
C. Nudes
D. Still life
E. Photo Essays
1. W. Eugene Smith
2. Alan Cohen
F. History Painting
G. Genre Scenes/Everyday life
H. Botanical
I. Satire/Caricature
J. Illustrations/ Newspapers and Periodicals
K. Ex Libris
L. Vanitas
III. Artistic Movements
A. Gothic
B. Renaissance
C. Mannerism
D. Baroque
E. Rococo
F. Neo-Classicism/Romaticism
G. Eighteenth Century Misc.
H. Nineteenth Century
1. Barbizon School
2. Realism
3. Impressionism
4. Post-Impressionism
5. Misc.
I. Twentieth Century
1. Fauvism
2. Art Nouveau/Arts and Crafts
3. Art Deco
4. Ash-Can School
5. Precisionism
6. German Expressionism
7. Cubism
8. Bauhaus
9. New Objectivity
10. Futurism
11. Surrealism/Magic Realism
12. American Scene
13. Regionalism
14. Social Realism
15. Abstract Expressionism
16. Pop Art
17. Minimalism
18. Conceptual
19. Environmental Art
20. Op Art
21. Abstract Art
22. Expressionism
23. Photo-Realism
24. Chicago Imagism
25. Misc.
IV. Artists
A. African American Artists
B. Jewish Artists (Biro Bijan)
C. Women Artists
D. Latino Artists
E. Asian American
F. Artists for Victory
G. WPA Artists
H. Chicago Artists