Citations for artworks should commonly start with the artist's name, then the title, followed by the date of the work. The second part of the citation should show where the artwork was located (either gallery, book, or website details).
Visual arts students should remember to also include the 'medium' for their artwork (i.e. oil on canvas) after the date of the artwork. This is requested by the IB!
When you refer to a photographic reproduction of an artwork, the citation is made up of two parts:
| 1 | Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Work: Subtitle if Any. Year, Location of Work. |
| 2 | "Title of Webpage," by Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Website, Publisher or Sponsoring Organization, Date of publication or last modified date, URL. Accessed date. |
Example: Works Cited
Da Vinci, Leonardo. Last Supper. 1498, Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan. "The Last Supper," by Harris, Beth and Steven Zucker, Khan Academy, 2015, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/a/leonardo-last-supper. Accessed 14 July 2018.
Example: In-text Citation
(Da Vinci)
Fig. 1. Leonardo Da Vinci. Last Supper. 1498, Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan. "The Last Supper," by Harris, Beth and Steven Zucker, Khan Academy, 2015, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/a/leonardo-last-supper. Accessed 14 July 2018.
When you refer to a photographic reproduction of an artwork, the citation is made up of two parts:
| 1 | Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Work: Subtitle if Any. Year, Location of Work. |
| 2 |
Book Title, by Author's Last Name, First Name, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication, page number. |
Example: Works Cited
Da Vinci, Leonardo. Last Supper. 1498, Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan. Great Paintings of the Western World, by Gallup, Alison, et al., Barnes & Noble, 1998, p. 223.
Example: In-text Citation
(Da Vinci 223)
Fig. 1. Leonardo Da Vinci. Last Supper. 1498, Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan. Great Paintings of the Western World, by Gallup, Alison, et al., Barnes & Noble, 1998, p. 223.
When you refer to artwork seen in a museum or gallery, the citation is made up of two parts:
| 1 | Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Work: Subtitle if Any. Year. |
| 2 |
Name of the institution that houses the artwork followed by the location of the institution (if the location is not listed in the name of the institution, e.g. The Art Institute of Chicago). |
Example: Works Cited
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Note: If the medium and/or materials (e.g., oil on canvas) are important to the reference, you can include this information at the end of the entry. IB requests Visual Arts students to include the medium.
e.g. O’Keeffe, Georgia. Black Hollyhock Blue Larkspur. 1930, Oil on Canvas, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe.
Purdue Writing Lab. “MLA Works Cited: Other Common Sources // Purdue Writing Lab.” Purdue Writing Lab, 2018, owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_other_common_sources.html.