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Citation Styles

Artwork in Book or Article:

Use citation for book or article.

Any other information about the artwork can be included in your text. 

Artwork from Museum Website:

Artist’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Artwork. Year, medium, Name of Institution or Private Collection Housing Artwork, City Where Institution or Private Collection is Located.

Wood, G. American gothic. 1930. Painting. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/6565

van Gogh, V. The starry night. 1889. Painting. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, United States. https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/vincent-van-gogh-the-starry-night-1889/

See MLA example

Stock Image or Clip Art:

Author. Title of image  Year. Format. Website. URL

Example:

GDJ. Neural network deep learning prismatic. 2018. Clip art. Openclipart. https://openclipart.org/detail/309343/neural-network-deep-learning-prismatic

Image With No Author, Title, or Date

[Subject and type of work]. (n.d.). URL

Example:

[Photograph of person washing hands]. (n.d.). https://cdc.gov

Note: You still need to cite the image even if you are missing much of the information. Please try to find images that do provide this information.

Photograph from a Website:

Photographer, P.  Title of photograph. Year of Publication. Photograph. Source. URL

Ryan, S. Sea smoke on Lake Michigan. 2019. Photograph. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/year-in-pictures.html

 

Instagram Photo:

Author, A. or Name of Group who posted it [@instagram handle]. Content of the post up to the first 20 words.  (Year, Month Date). Medium (Photograph; Video). Instagram. URL

Philadelphia Museum of Art [@philamuseum]. “It’s always wonderful to walk in and see my work in a collection where it’s loved, and where people are.  2019, December 3. Photograph. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5oDnnNhOt4/ 

 

Google Images:

Go to the original location (website) of the image and cite in one of the formats above.

 

Artwork in Book or Article:

Use citation for book or article. Any other information about the artwork can be included in your text. 

Artwork from Museum Website:

Artist Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the artwork [Format]. Location. URL

Example:

Wood, G. (1930). American gothic [Painting]. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/6565

van Gogh, V. (1889). The starry night [Painting]. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, United States. https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/vincent-van-gogh-the-starry-night-1889/

 

Stock Image or Clip Art:

Author. (Year). Title of image [format]. Website. URL

Example:

GDJ. (2018). Neural network deep learning prismatic [Clip art]. Openclipart. https://openclipart.org/detail/309343/neural-network-deep-learning-prismatic

Image With No Author, Title, or Date

[Subject and type of work]. (n.d.). URL

Example:

[Photograph of person washing hands]. (n.d.). https://cdc.gov

Note: You still need to cite the image even if you are missing much of the information. Please try to find images that do provide this information.

Photograph from a Website:

Note: If no title, add a description in brackets.

Photographer, P. (Year of publication). Title of photograph [Photograph]. Source. URL

Ryan, S. (2019). Sea smoke on Lake Michigan [Photograph]. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/year-in-pictures.html

Google Images:

Go to the original location (website) of the image and cite in one of the formats above.

Instagram Photo:

Author, A. or Name of Group who posted it [@instagram handle]. (Year, Month Date). Content of the post up to the first 20 words [Medium (Photograph; Video)]. Instagram. URL

Philadelphia Museum of Art [@philamuseum]. (2019, December 3). “It’s always wonderful to walk in and see my work in a collection where it’s loved, and where people are [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5oDnnNhOt4/