Proper citation style for works of art

Minimum information:• Artist, Title

---or• Artist, Title

---or• Artist, Title

The order can be reversed when appropriate

Optional additional column:• (Date), style

NEVER USE quotationmarks for titles!

This format is not to be usedwith architecture.

Approaches to study: Internal Cues/ Art Criticism

• Description: Make an inventory of the subject matter and/or the elements of art

Elements of art are basic components like color, shape, texture, line, space, and others

• Analysis: Determine how the work of art is organized or put together; concern focuses on the principles of art

Principles of art are compositional or organizational ideas such as balance, proportion, emphasis, gradation, harmony, variety, pattern, rhythm and others

• Interpretation: Identify the feelings, moods, and ideas communicated by the work of art

• Judgment: Make a personal decision about the degree of artistic merit of the work of art

Approaches to study: External Cues / Art History

• Description: Discovering when, where, and by whom the work was done

• Analysis: Discovering the unique features of the work

• Interpretation: Discover how artists were influenced by the world around them

• Judgment: Make a decision about the degree of artistic importance of the work of art

Critical Approach / Internal Cues

Description: Make an inventory of the subject matter and/or the elements of artElements of art are basic components like color, shape, texture, line, space, and others

Analysis: Determine how the work of art is organized or put together; concern focuses on the principles of artPrinciples of art are compositional or organizational ideas such as balance, proportion, emphasis, gradation, harmony, variety, pattern, rhythm and others

Interpretation: Identify the feelings, moods, and ideas communicated by the work of art

Judgment: Make a personal decision about the degree of artistic merit of the work of art

Historical Approach / External Cues

Description: Discovering when, where, and by whom the work was done

Analysis: Discovering the unique features of the work

Interpretation: Discover how artists were influenced by the world around them

Judgment: Make a decision about the degree of artistic importance of the work of art

Critical Approach / Internal Cues

Description: Make an inventory of the subject matter and/or the elements of artElements of art are basic components like color, shape, texture, line, space, and others

Analysis: Determine how the work of art is organized or put together; concern focuses on the principles of artPrinciples of art are compositional or organizational ideas such as balance, proportion, emphasis, gradation, harmony, variety, pattern, rhythm and others

Interpretation: Identify the feelings, moods, and ideas communicated by the work of art

Judgment: Make a personal decision about the degree of artistic merit of the work of art

Historical Approach / External Cues

Description: Discovering when, where, and by whom the work was done

Analysis: Discovering the unique features of the work

Interpretation: Discover how artists were influenced by the world around them

Judgment: Make a decision about the degree of artistic importance of the work of art