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Access the new ninth edition of the MLA Handbook online through the library. Browse or search the book online, get citation examples, view sample papers. This resource also includes the MLA Style 101 tutorial, MLA Guide to Digital Literacy and MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature.
Citing Works of Art Using MLA Format
A PAINTING, SCULPTURE, OR PHOTOGRAPH
Provide the artist's name, the title of the artwork in italics, the date of composition, and the medium of the piece. Finally, provide the name of the institution that houses the artwork followed by the location of the institution (if the location is not listed in the name of the institution, e.g. The Art Institute of Chicago).
Example of a painting viewed in person:
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
For photographic reproductions of artwork (e.g. images of artwork in a book), treat the book or website as a container. Remember that for a second container, the title is listed first, before the contributors. Cite the bibliographic information as above followed by the information for the source in which the photograph appears, including page or reference numbers (plate, figure, etc.).
Example of painting or drawing published in a book:
Artist last name, first name. Title of work (in Italics). Date of the work, Museum name, City. Title of Book (in italics), edition, editors, publisher, page.
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, Museo del Prado, Madrid. Gardener's Art Through the Ages,10th ed., by Richard G. Tansey and Fred S. Kleiner, Harcourt Brace, p. 939.
Example of a painting or drawing viewed online:
Artist last name, first name. Title of work. Date. Website title (in italics), URL.
Silver, Walter. Factory. 1986. New York Public Library Digital Collections, digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51fd9310-ea71-0131-8221-58d385a7bbd0.
Example of artwork viewed in Jstor/Artstor
Artist last name, first name. Title of work. Date. Museum. JSTOR (in italics), URL. Date accessed.
Hopper, Edward. Nighthawks. 1942. Art Institute of Chicago. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.14609969. Accessed 8 Sept. 2023.
Grove Art Online Article
Author last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of reference work (in italics), Publisher, date of publication, URL or DOI.
Levin, Gail. "Edward Hopper." Grove Art Online, Oxford UP, 2003,
https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T038913