Library:How to Cite Images/All Images
For All Images
Citing images will require all of the following elements:
Artist’s name [first name then last], title [italicized], date. Medium and support, measurements.
Example: Guido Reni, Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, c. 1630. Oil on canvas, 128.9 x 170 cm.
Item Type | Citation Elements | Bibliography |
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Museum Object | Artist’s name [first name then last], title [italicized], date. Medium and support, measurements, repository, and city. | Elizabeth Peyton, Princess Kurt, 1995. Oil on linen, 14 x 11.75 in., Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. |
Online Image | Artist’s name [first name then last], title [italicized], date. Medium and support, measurements. Website or database [if applicable] (access date) [if applicable]. | Glenn Ligon, Warm Broad Glow, 2005. Neon and paint, 24 x 190 in. http://www.belkin.ubc.ca/past/GlennLigonSomeChanges/ (accessed April 22, 2009. |