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Video and Images and Art

Learn how to find and credit videos, images, art, and photographs for your papers and presentations

Visual Art with MLA

  • Click on the MLA Citations tab on the left
  • From the drop down menu select 69. Work of Art

69. Work of art: Cite the artist’s name; the title of the artwork, italicized; the date of composition; the medium of composition (for instance, “Lithograph on paper,” “Photograph,” “Charcoal on paper”); and the institution and city in which the artwork is located. For artworks found online, omit the medium of composition and include the title of the Web site, the medium (“Web”), and your date of access.

Examples:

Constable, John. Dedham Vale. 1802. Oil on canvas. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Hessing, Valjean. Caddo Myth. 1976. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. Web. 19 Apr. 2009.


From: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch08_s1-0011.html#RES5e_ch08_p0498

Visual Art with APA

  • Click on the APA Citations linke to the left
  • From the drop down menu select 63. Work of art or photograph

Authors last name, first initial. (Date). Title of work [medium]. Location, City, State.

Examples:

Weber, J. (1992). Toward freedom [Outdoor mural]. Sherman Oaks, CA.

Newkirk, K. (2006). Gainer (part II). Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.


From: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch09_s1-0002.html#RES5e_ch09_p0356