Graphic Materials

Graphic Materials
Graphic materials are defined as
documents in the form of pictures,
photographs, drawings, watercolours,
prints, and other forms of two-
dimensional pictorial representations.
The rules cover the description of
most two-dimensional graphic
materials, whether intended to be
viewed by reflected or transmitted
light.
• Those more familiar with library cataloging will find
differences between the documentation of graphic
materials and the description of books and other
printed or published library materials. For example,
original or noncommercial graphic works are generally
considered to be unique, though they frequently exist
in multiple copies. Even if published, they lack much of
the explicit information characterizing books and
book-like materials. Furthermore, most collections of
graphic items are unique because, as collections, they
have never been published.
 Original Art
“Original” quite simply means a unique one-off
piece or small edition hand-pulled print from the
artists own hand i.e an oil, acrylic, watercolor
painting, etching or a drawing  (i.e. not a machine
driven process like a giclee).
This term “original” however gets a little
complicated when we get to the world of  prints.
An “Original Fine” print means pulled from the
copper plate, lithographic stone or woodcut that
the artist carved, etched or drew or carved
into him/herself”.
The Spoliarium
By Juan Luna
 Art Reproduction
After each edition is printed, each print is
numbered and signed in pencil beneath
the image. A giclee or a reproduction is a
COPY of an original artwork. The original
art work is photographed and reproduced
by an offset press in the past, but now
done with inks on large format printers.
They should be marked as giclee or
reproductions or posters.
 Film Strip
- a length of film containing still photographs,
often of illustrations, diagrams, charts, etc.,
arranged in sequence for projection separately
and used as a teaching aid

- Filmstrip is a length of 35 mm film containing a

series of still pictures intended fro projection in
sequence one at a time. Some filmstrips come
with a tape or disc recording that contains the
narration. When the proper equipment is used, a
low frequency signal activates a mechanism to
advance the filmstrip one frame. (The filmstrip is
sometimes called a strip film and a slide film).
 Kit
The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2)
define a kit as an item containing two or more
categories of material, in which no one item is
determined to be predominant. AACR2 does not
give a definition for mixed materials, so with just
the definition for a kit it still is not clear as to
when code p would be used. RDA does not
provide a definition for either. The following
definitions from the MARC 21 Format for
Bibliographic Data help make it clearer.
 Photogragh
A photograph (also known as a photo) is an image
 created by light falling on a photosensitive surface,
usually photographic film or an electronic 
image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most
photographs are created using a camera, which uses
a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of
light into a reproduction of what the human eye
 would see. The process and practice of creating
such images is called photography.
Long-exposure photograph of
the Very Large Telescope
 Picture
 a design or representation made by
various means (such as painting,
drawing, or photography)
a description so vivid or graphic as to
suggest a mental image or give an
accurate idea of something
An old picture in a frame.
 Post Card
A postcard is a piece of thin card, often with
a picture on one side, which you can write
 on and send to people without using an
envelope.
 Slide

Slides are transparent material on which

there is a two-dimensional image,
usually held in a mount, and designed
for use in a projector or viewer.
 Technical Drawing
Technical drawing is a drawing or
plan, rendered to scale, that is used
to communicate direction and
specifics to a group of people who
are creating something to explain
how something works or how to
build something.
 Transparency
Transparencies are made of
transparent material on which an
image is recorded. They are
designed for use with a projector
or a light box. X-rays are included
here.
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