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Media abbreviations

  Painting P
  Sculpture S
  Prints PR
  Drawings DR
  Manuscripts MS
  Decorative DEC
  Architecture A
  Architecture Projects AA
  Photography PH
  Children's Art CHA
  Simian Art SIM
  Typography TYP
  Calligraphy CAL
  Magazines MAG
  Periodicals MAG
  Pop Culture POP
  Anthropology ANT
  Books DB
  Art & Science AS
  Cinema CIN
  Video VID
  Body Art BOD
  Dance TH
  Theater TH
  Performance TH
  Museology MUS
  Painting Techniques PP

Time Periods

  Prehistoric 1
  Non-Western, Non-East Asian 2
  Ancient, non-Classical (Celtic, Cycladic, Egyptian, Helladic, Mesopotamian, Minoan, Mycenaean, Punic 3
  Ancient, Classical (Etruscan, Greek, Roman) 4
  Late Antique/Early Christian 337-599 5
  Early Medieval 600-899 6
  Ottonian, Romanesque 900-1199 7
  Gothic 1200-1399 8
  Renaissance 1400-1599 9
  Baroque, Rococo 1600-1779 10
  Nineteenth Century 1780-1899 11
  Twentieth Century 1900-1999 12
  Twenty-First Century 2000- 13

Country abbreviations

  Africa AF Ecuador EC Mycenaean MYC
  Albania AL Egypt EG Near East NE
  N. American Indian AM IN Etruria ET Nepal NEP
  Asia Minor AM Ethiopia ETH Nicaragua NI
  Anatolia AN Finland FIN Nigeria NIG
  Argentina ARG Flanders FL Nomadic NOM
  Australia AU France FR Norway NOR
  Austria AUS Ghana GA Oceania OC
  Belgium BE Germany GE Paraguay PAR
  Burkina Faso BF Greek GR Pre-Columbian PC
  Bolivia BOL Greenland GRL Peru PE
  Great Britain BR Guatemala GUAT Phrygia PHR
  Brazil BRA Haiti HA Poland POL
  Bulgaria BU Helladic HEL Portugal POR
  Byzantine BYZ Holland HO Puerto Rico PR
  Carolingian CA Honduras HON Punic PUN
  Canada CAN Hungary HU Roman RO
  Caribbean CAR Iceland IC Rumania RUM
  Celtic CEL India IN Russia RUS
  Ceylon CEY Iran IR South Africa SA
  China CH Israil IS Southeast Asia SEAS
  Chinle CHL Italy IT Sudan SU
  Congo (Zaire) CO Japan JA Spain SP
  Columbia COL Kenya KE Sweden SWE
  Coptic COP Korea KOR Switzerland SWI
  Cuba CU Mesopotamia MES Tibet TIB
  Cycladic CYC Mexico MEX Uruguay UR
  Czechoslovakia CZ Migration Period Art MIG United States US
  Denmark DEN Minoan MIN Venezuela VE
  Dominican Republic DOM Monaco MON Viking VIK
      Morocco MOR Yugoslavia YUG