MLA Citation
Writing About Art
A Short Guide to Writing about Art by ISBN: 9780205886999Publication Date: 2014-01-15The best-selling guide to writing about art Sylvan Barnet's A Short Guide to Writing About Art guides students through every aspect of writing about art. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing. Coverage of essential writing assignments includes formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, and essay examination. New to the 11th edition is a chapter on "Virtual Exhibitions: Writing Text Panels and Other Materials."
Citing an Image
Attribution:
The Checkered Tablecloth, by Pierre Bonnard.
Caption: The Checkered Tablecloth. 1916. Pierre Bonnard (b. 1867). 20" x 26 1/2" Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Partial and promised gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dillon (1998.412.1)
Citation on the Works Cited page:
Bonnard, Pierre. The Checkered Tablecloth. 1916. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. metmuseum.org. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.
Online Resources
- Writing Essays in Art History from the Purdue OWLTips for writing formal analysis, stylistic analysis, compare and contrast essays, and iconography.
- Writing About ArtAn open access e-text.
- Writing Center Handout: Art HistoryFrom The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill