Artwork

Artwork viewed in person

  • Artwork is indicated as a figure.
  • Every image included in your assignment needs a caption.  If the image is not your own work, it also requires an in-text citation.
  • The caption should include
    • The word Figure and a number (from 1, in numerical order), both italicised.
    • A title or brief description of the figure
    • An in-text citation with author, date, and page number.
    • A complete reference list entry

 

Example

Artist Surname, First Initial. (Year). Title of artwork [Description]. Location of institution: Name of Institution

In text example

 Reference list example

 

Figure 1. Christina’s world, tempera on panel (Wyeth, 1948)

In the caption include details you consider relevant e.g. title and medium.

 

Wyeth, A. (1948). Christina’s world [Painting]. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art.

 

Include a description of the work of art (e.g. sculpture, painting) in square brackets.

 

Artwork viewed online

  • Every image included in your assignment needs a caption.  If the image is not your own work, it also requires an in-text citation.
  • The caption should include
    • The word Figure and a number (from 1, in numerical order), both italicised.
    • A title or brief description of the figure
    • An in-text citation with author, date, and page number.
    • A complete reference list entry

 

Example

Artist Surname, First Initial. (Year). Title of painting [Image of painting].  Retrieved from URL of specific document

In text example

 Reference list example

 

Figure 1. Christina’s world, tempera on panel (Wyeth, 1948)

 

In the caption include details you consider relevant e.g. title and medium.

 

Wyeth, A. (1948). Christina’s world [Image of painting]. Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/index

 

 

Artwork viewed in a book

  • Every image included in your assignment needs a caption.  If the image is not your own work, it also requires an in-text citation.
  • The caption should include
    • The word Figure and a number (from 1, in numerical order), both italicised.
    • A title or brief description of the figure
    • An in-text citation with author, date, and page number.
    • A complete reference list entry

 

Example

Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Book title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher.

In text example

 Reference list example

 

Figure 2. Manet, River at Argenteuil, 1874 (Pool, 1973, p.134)

 

In the caption include details you consider relevant e.g. title and medium.

Include the page number

 

Pool, P. (1973). Impressionism. London, England: Thames & Hudson.

 

 

The reference entry is that of the book

 

 

Unpublished artwork

 

Unpublished artwork is artwork in a personal collection i.e. if you created the figure and it is not published

  • Every image included in your assignment needs a caption. 
  • The caption should include
    • The word Figure and a number (from 1, in numerical order), both italicised.
    • A title or brief description of the figure
    • An in-text citation with author, date, and page number.

In text example

 Reference list example

 

Figure 3. Hot pot, Chiang Rai, 2015 (Personal collection)

 

 

You do not need to include an entry in the reference list as the work has not been published.