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Image Guides: Citing Images

The purpose of this Guide is to help you understand how to find and legally use images in your research projects.

APA

A painting, sculpture, or photograph (in a museum)

Kahlo, F. (1931). Frieda and Diego Rivera [Oil on canvas]. San Francisco, CA: Museum of Modern Art.

 

Reproduction of artwork (painting, sculpture, photograph) in a printed source

Rousseau, H. (1896). The ship in the storm [Painting]. Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris. Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris. By Claire Fresches et al. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art. 232.

The plate/image number (or, if this number is not available, the page number on which the image is printed) should follow the name of the publisher as shown.

If image has no title:

Muybridge, E. [Photograph of a horse running]. (1887). National Gallery, London. River of shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the technological wild West. By Rebecca Solnit. New York, NY: Viking. 52.

 

Images found on the Web

Rousseau, H. (1896). The ship in the storm [Painting]. Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris. Retrieved October 21, 2013 from https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/wash/www/rousseau.jpg

 

Images found in library databases

Rousseau, H. (1896). The ship in the storm [Painting]. Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris. Retrieved June 1, 2012 from ArtStor.

No title:

Muybridge, E. [Photograph of a horse running]. (1887). National Gallery, London. Retrieved October 21, 2013  from Academic Search Premier

 

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