Art and Design
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ARTISTS
Frida Kahlo
Yayoi Kusama
Nelson Makamo
Peter Max
Amy Sherald
Roger Shimomura
Vincent van Gogh
Kehinde Wiley
Yayoi Kusama
Nelson Makamo
Peter Max
Amy Sherald
Roger Shimomura
Vincent van Gogh
Kehinde Wiley
Art Museum Collections
British Museum, London (select “Art and Design”)
The Frick Collection, New York
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum, New York
J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York: Virtual Views
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Picasso Museum, Barcelona
Vatican Museums, Rome
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The Frick Collection, New York
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum, New York
J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York: Virtual Views
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Picasso Museum, Barcelona
Vatican Museums, Rome
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
MLA CITATION HELP
Remember: You have to cite EVERYTHING! Including, but not limited to: magazines you take images from for collages, reference artwork, research sources, etc.
Citing aRtwork
Provide the artist's name, the title of the artwork in italics, the date of composition, and the medium of the piece. Finally, provide the 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).
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
For photographic reproductions of artwork (e.g. images of artwork in a book), treat the book or website as a container. Remember that for a second container, the title is listed first, before the contributors. Cite the bibliographic information as above followed by the information for the source in which the photograph appears, including page or reference numbers (plate, figure, etc.).
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, Museo del Prado, Madrid. Gardener's Art Through the Ages, 10th ed., by Richard G. Tansey and Fred S. Kleiner, Harcourt Brace, p. 939.
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
For photographic reproductions of artwork (e.g. images of artwork in a book), treat the book or website as a container. Remember that for a second container, the title is listed first, before the contributors. Cite the bibliographic information as above followed by the information for the source in which the photograph appears, including page or reference numbers (plate, figure, etc.).
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, Museo del Prado, Madrid. Gardener's Art Through the Ages, 10th ed., by Richard G. Tansey and Fred S. Kleiner, Harcourt Brace, p. 939.
ASSIGNment Resources
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Pixabay (free photos/illustrations/graphics)
Unsplash (free photos/illustrations/graphics)
Pixabay (free photos/illustrations/graphics)
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