Artwork (viewed in a gallery or collection)
You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)
Format for footnotes
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
21. Artist, Title, year of artwork, medium, dimensions of work, Institute/ Gallery/ Museum, City.
Footnote example
First entry:
21. Gail Hastings, To make a work of timeless art, 1996, synthetic polymer on wood, watercolour on paper, dimensions variable, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Second and subsequent entries:
25. Hastings, To make a work of timeless art.
Format for bibliography
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
Artist (Surname, Given name). Title. Year of artwork. Medium, dimensions of work. Repository/Gallery/Museum, City.
Bibliography entry example
Hastings, Gail. To make a work of timeless art. 1996. Synthetic polymer on wood, watercolour on paper, dimensions variable. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Style notes for this reference type
- See Manual 14.235
- Titles of artworks are italicised and in headline style. See Manual 3:22
- You should include as much information about the medium and dimensions as you can find. See Manual 3.22 and 3.27
- Bibliography examples are based on Manual 14.235 and Turabian 17.10.1.1.
- If date is approximate, use ca.
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