Himalayan Art Resources

HAR: Fifteen Steps for Cataloguing Art

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HAR: Fifteen Steps for Cataloguing Art:

Source and acquire collections (digital images)
Treat all collections equally
Identify the subject
Identify minor figures
Identify the region/country
Identify the religious tradition
Identify the lineage tradition
Identify the textual source & textual tradition
Date of creation
Single artwork or set of artworks
Locate comparables or others from the set
Identify, transcribe, inscriptions, seals, front and back
Translate inscriptions front and back
Art style or artist name
Composition style