Art History: Image Search and Image Citations
Finding Images
- EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new windowClick on More at the very top tool bar, the Images. Search by artist or work and save images to Google Drive.
- Grove Art Online This link opens in a new windowType in the artist's name or work and check the 'Images' just bellow the top right search box.
- Creative CommonsPlease note that search.creativecommons.org is not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations. CC has no control over the results that are returned. Do not assume that the results displayed in this search portal are under a CC license. You should always verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link.
Citing Images
All images should be cited, no matter the size or if it is in the public domain.
Basic information needed when citing an image:
Online:
Footnote: 1. Author First Name/Initial Surname, Image Title, Year, medium, size, Museum or place image is, Location, URL.
Bibliography: Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Image Title. Year. Medium. size. Museum or place image is, Location, URL.
Published photograph:
Footnote: 1. Author First Name/Initial Surname, Photograph Title, Year Photo was Taken (if provided), in Book Title (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page or plate #.
Bibliography: Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Photograph Title. Year Photo was Taken (if provided). In Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year, page or plate #.
Chicago Style Guide Quick Reference:
Chicago Author-Date:
Image from database:
Footnote #. Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair, 1940, Oil on canvas, 15 3/4 x 11", ARTstor, accessed September 26, 2017, http://library.artstor.org/#/asset/AMOMA_10312310806.
Bib: Kahlo, Frida. “Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair.” 1940. Oil on canvas. 15 3/4 x 11". ARTstor, accessed September 26, 2017, http://library.artstor.org/#/asset/AMOMA_10312310806.
Image from a website:
Fig. 1. Mark Rothko, Orange and Yellow, 1956, Oil on canvas, 91 x 71 inches, Albright-Knox Art Museum, accessed September 27, 2017, https://www.albrightknox.org/artworks/k19568-orange-and-yellow.
Bib: Rothko, Mark, Orange and Yellow. 1956. Oil on canvas. 91 x 71 inches. Albright-Knox Art Museum, accessed September 27, 2017, https://www.albrightknox.org/artworks/k19568-orange-and-yellow.
Scanned image from a book:
Footnote #. Nancy Alice Neel, and the Rubber Plant, 1975, Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 91.4 cm, The Estate of Alice Neel. From: Ann Temkin et al. Alice Neel. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Plate 64.
Bib: Alice Neel, Nancy and the Rubber Plant. 1975. Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 91.4 cm. The Estate of Alice Neel. From: Ann Temkin et al. Alice Neel. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Plate 64.
- Chicago Manual of Style Online 17th edition This link opens in a new windowThe Chicago Manual of Style method of document formatting and citation in an accessible online format. More InfoUB ONLY
