Sample list of figures

If you are included images in your work, you will need to create a list of figures. Each image in your work should also have a caption.

The list of figures:

  • Lists the citation details of each image in order of appearance in your work
  • Usually appears before your essay on its own page, but can also appear as a section of a bibliography
  • Is formatted with a hanging indent

Each list of figures entry will look different depending on the source of your image. Templates for image captions and list of figures entries can be found under including images in your work.

List of figures

Fig 1. Stubbs, George. ca. 1795-1806. Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View. In Lippincott, Louise, and Andreas Bluhm. Fierce friends: artists and animals, 1750-1900, 64. Merrell.

Fig. 2. Martin, Agnes 1964. The Lute. Drawing, 27.9 x 27.7cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. www.artstor.org.

Fig. 3. Sarkar, Asmita. 2018. Untitled. In Sarkar, Asmita. 2022. "Painted spaces: an exploration through embodied and expansive space." Journal of Visual Art Practice 21, no. 3: 195-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2022.2056800.

Fig. 4. Kngwarreye, Emily Kame (Anmatyerr). c. 1995. Arlatyeye. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 121 x 91 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. https://artsearch.nga.gov.au/detail.cfm?irn=275250.

Fig. 5. Seated Buddha. c. 10th-11th century. Gilt bronze, 16.9 x 13.3 x 10.5 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42586.

Fig. 6. The University of Melbourne. 2021. [Aerial view of Fishermans Bend campus]. Artists impression of the new campus. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne. https://about.unimelb.edu.au/priorities-and-partnerships/fishermans-bend/image-gallery.

Fig. 7. Hastings, Gail. 1996. To Make a Work of Timeless Art. Synthetic polymer on wood, watercolour on paper, dimensions variable. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.

Fig. 8. Gartside, Hannah. 2019. Ascension 1 (Angels). Found nighties, millinery wire, thread, steel, paint, 2.5 x 3 x 3m. The Stables, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.

Fig. 9. Just, Kate. 2018. How I Will Change. Installation of neon texts, wall paint, dimensions variable. Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne.

Fig. 10. Naumann, Bruce. 1967-68. Dance or Walk on the Perimeter of a Square. 16 mm black and white film, 8: 24 min. Electronic Arts Intermix., New York. http://www.ubu.com/film/nauman_perimeter.html.

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