MLA Style Guide: Images
Images (painting, sculpture or photographs, etc.)
In-Text-Citation:
- (Artist Last name)
Example:
- This painting marks the artist's interest in expressionism (Yeats)….
- Yeats shows his interest in expressionism….
Reference:
Creator Last name, First name. Title of image/work. Date of Work, Name of Institution, Location.
Example:
Yeats, Jack B. The Liffey Swim. 1923, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
In-Text-Citation:
- (Artist Last name)
Example:
- This painting portrays a gently smiling woman, while reclining on a draped sofa (Gloag).
Reference:
Creator Last name, First name. Title of image/work. Date of Work. Title of website, URL.
Example:
Gloag, Isobel. The Woman with the Puppets. 1915. Huge Lane Gallery, http://emuseum.pointblank.ie/online_catalogue/work-detail.php?objectid=619.
In-Text-Citation:
- (Author Last name page no.)
Example:
- Yeats' painting marks the artist's interest in expressionism (Quinlan 32 )….
- Yeats shows his interest in expressionism….
Reference:
Creator Last name, First name. Title of image/work. Date of Work, Name of Institution, Location. Title of book, by author/editor, Publisher, Year, page number.
Example:
Yeats, Jack B. The Liffey Swim. 1923, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. The Works of Yeats, by Jane Quinlan, Oaktree Press, 2019, p. 32.
Note: If you wanted to provide more information for your reader you could refer to the website in your text, for example "on the nationalgallery.ie site..."
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