Students studying art will have to cite a piece of artwork when writing a paper. When creating your works cited page for a paper in MLA format or the reference page for APA format, include in your citations information such as the artwork's title, creator, and the repository housing the piece. In order for the citation to be correct, you must place the information in a specific order and use proper punctuation.
Instructions
APA Style
1. Use this format when citing a piece of artwork in APA style: Artist's last name, first initial. (Artist). (Year artwork was created). Title of artwork [type of artwork]. Repository, city and state.
2. Italicize the artwork's name. If you viewed the artwork online, write "Retrieved from" followed by the website's URL at the end of the citation.
3. Follow this example when citing artwork in APA style: Rousseau, H. (Artist). (1897). The Sleeping Gypsy [Oil on canvas]. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=80172.
MLA Style
4. Follow this format when using MLA style to cite an artwork: Artist's last name, first name. Artwork's title. Year art was created. Repository, location.
5. Type the artwork's title in italics. Cite artwork from the web by including the website's or database's title in italics, the word "Web" and the date of access.
6. Use the following sample citation as an example: Tuymans, Luc. The Secretary of State. 2005. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. MoMA. Web. 5 May 2009.
