Iconclass

(noun)

A specialized library classification designed for art and iconography. It was originally conceived by Henri can de Waal, and was further developed by a group of scholars after his death.

Related Terms

Examples of Iconclass in the following topics:

  • Identification and Art

    • With the arrival of computing, the Iconclass system was developed in the Netherlands as a standard classification for recording collections.
    • The idea of the Iconclass system is to assemble huge databases that will allow the retrieval of images featuring particular details, subjects or other common factors.
    • A number of collections of different types have been classified using Iconclass, notably many types of old master print, the German Marburger Index, and the collections of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.

  • Evaluating Sources

    • Examples include Iconclass, British Catalogue of Music Classification, and Dickinson classification, or the NLM Classification for medicine.