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copyright J.Paul Getty Trust

Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

ALTERNATE DESCRIPTORS


Alternate Descriptor should be a variant form of the Descriptor

If the term is not derived from the Descriptor, it is a UF

NB: In AAT, all terms are equally valid for indexing and retrieval•

singular for plural object descriptors•


D = eye portraits





AD = eye portrait





past participle for processes, techniques, functions, and activities•


D = scumbling





AD = scumbled

© J. Paul Getty Trust

unknown English; Portrait of a Left Eye; ca. 1800; eye portrait; watercolor on ivory; 3/8 x 5/8 inches (0.9 x 1.6 cm); Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Johnson Collection 1936-6-1.
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