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FAH216 Art in the Age of Spectacle: Writing and Citing

Cite Right!

Please use  Chicago Manual of Style  Notes and Bibliography (NB)

Visual Literacy

Help with Chicago Style

Find the Chicago-Turabian page in our Citing Sources guide for examples of formatted citations, including for artworks.

Videos on Chicago Style (16th ed.)


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How to Format your Paper http://youtu.be/w_MURP3_MrU
How to Cite Multiple Authors http://youtu.be/sh2z4UpopM8 
How to Cite Books http://youtu.be/4_LIIFEZNxE
How to Cite eBooks http://youtu.be/9WfPuPk1Ff4
How to Cite Journal Articles http://youtu.be/_eMusO5PCFQ
How to Cite Newspapers & Magazines http://youtu.be/IXOLJ2GWuQI
How to Cite Websites http://youtu.be/sLI68R87VhI

Examples

Image from a library subscription database:

Bib: Hoshiko, Eugene. "China Rain." Photograph. 1999. AP Images, ID99062401980.

Notes: Eugene Hoshiko, "China Rain," photograph, 1999, AP Images, ID99062401980.

Image from an online database:

Bib: Currier & Ives. "Gray Eagle." Lithograph. ca. 1866. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006676682/ (accessed September 25, 2010).

Notes: Currier & Ives, "Gray Eagle," lithograph, ca. 1866, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006676682/ (accessed September 25, 2010).

Image from a website:

Bib: Wilma, David. "El Centro de la Raza, Beacon Hill, Seattle." Photograph. 2001.HistoryLink.org, http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=9186 (accessed September 25, 2010).

Notes: David Wilma, "El Centro de la Raza, Beacon Hill, Seattle," photograph, 2001,HistoryLink.org, http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=9186 (accessed September 25, 2010).

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Art Works CMoS

Works of art reproduced in a printed source (treat as book chapter)

Artist’s last name, first name. "Title of art work," medium, date
          of art work (Institution where art work is housed (if known),
          city where housed if not already named). In Title of printed 
          source italicized, by Author of printed source, page or
          plate/figure/slide number. Place of publication: publisher, date.

example: 

Cassatt, Mary. "Mother and Child," oil on canvas, c.1890 (Wichita Art
           Museum). In American Painting: 1560-1913, by John Pearce,
           slide 22. New York: McGraw, 1964.

 

Works of art reproduced in electronic source

Artist’s last name, first name. Title of art work,  medium, date of art
          work (Institution where art work is housed (if known), city
          where housed if not already named). URL.

 

example: 

Monet, Claude. Meadow with Haystacks at Giverny, oil on canvas,
          1885 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). http://www.artstor.org.

 

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