How to Cite Images
Citation for an Image from the Internet
For an image downloaded or printed out from the Internet you need to include three things:
1)a citation in the following format
2)the description of the image from the website: most museums and many websites require that you use the description that they’ve written to accompany their images on their website.
3) a statement of use.
Format:
Artist’s name if known. Title of artwork or description. Date of the artwork.Museum, collection or individual that it belongs to, the city where the owner islocated (add this separately if the location is not included in the name of theowner). Name of the website. Date accessed (day/month/year) URL (address for the website).
Description of artwork from the website.
Statement of use.
Example:
Pendant Mask from Benin. 16th Century. Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 17 Oct. 2002
Pendant Mask: Iyoba,
16th century Edo, court of Benin; Nigeria Ivory, iron,
copper; H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm) The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial
Collection, Giftof Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1972 (1978.412.323)
Statement of Use: These materials are included under the fair use
exemption and arerestricted from further use.
Citation for an Image from a Print Resource (book or periodical):
For an image copied from a print source you need to include two things
1)a citation in the following format;
2) a statement of use.
Format:Artist’s name if known. Title of artwork. Date of the artwork. Museum, collectionor individual that it belongs to, the city where the owner is located (add thisseparately if the location is not included in the name of the owner).
Title ofbook or periodical thatthe image is found in. Author of the book. Location of publisher: publisher, date.
Statement of Use.
Example:
Vinci, Leonardo da. Mona Lisa. 1503-1506. Louvre, Paris. Gardner’s Art
Through The Ages. By Helen Gardner. Fort Worth, TX : Harcourt
College, 2001.Statement of Use: These materials are included under the
fair useexemption and arerestricted from further use.
OTHER RESOURCES TO HELP YOU
Citing Internet Sources in Papers/Citing Graphic Images
University of Tampere, Finland
Image Copyright
Boston University Libraries
Highlights of the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
Pennsylvania State University
Copyright and Art Issues
University of Oregon
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