CitationsMLA Style Guide
Web Image
General tips
Titled works of art/images are in italics
Untitled image: Create a brief, descriptive title. Descriptive title is not italics or quotes, capitalize only the first word and any proper nouns.
Visuals such as charts, tables, maps or other graphic are in quotation marks.
If there is no author, then begin with the title or description of the image.
Format:
Image created for web –
Last Name/Organization. "Title" or description. Date, Site Title/Database, Publisher [if different from website], URL. Accessed Date [if no date].
Work of Art (original is in a museum collection or institution) –
Last Name. Title or Description. Year created. Gallery, Location. Format [if other than painting].
Examples:
Adams, Ansel. Moon and Half Dome. 1960, The Ansel Adams Gallery, shop.anseladams.com/Moon_and_Half_Dome_p/5010117-u.htm.
van Gogh, Vincent. "Starry Night". 1889, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Vasquez, Gary A. Photograph of Coach K with Team USA. NBC Olympics, USA Today Sports, 5 Aug. 2016, www.nbcolympics.com/news/rio-olympics-coach-ks-toughest-test-or-lasting-legacy. Accessed 24 April 2018.
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo del Prado, museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-family-of-carlos-iv/f47898fc-aa1c-48f6-a779-71759e417e74.
Standard format for citation
Image reproduced in a book:
Artist or Creator, A. Title: Subtitle, Year of creation, Medium (if appropriate). Reproduced in Full details of book.
Image from a database:
Artist or Creator, A. Title: Subtitle. Publisher, Year, Medium (if appropriate). Database Name, Internet address.
Image from a cinematic work (still) from a database:
Title: Subtitle. Credit Creator Name. Distributor, Year, Medium (if appropriate). Database Name, Internet address.
Online artwork:
Artist or Creator, A. Title: Subtitle, Year of creation, Medium (if appropriate). Source, Internet address.
Online image:
Artist or Creator, A. Title: Subtitle, Medium (if appropriate). Source, Year, Internet address.
Original image/artwork (viewed in a gallery or collection):
Artist or Creator, A. Title: Subtitle, Year of Creation, Medium (if appropriate). Gallery or Collection.
Examples
Image/photograph/artwork from a book
Leibovitz, Annie. Olympic Portraits. Little Brown, 1996.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Some Women. Bulfinch Press, 1989.
Reproduction in a book
Bedford, Paddy. Dingo Dreaming. 2001, Ochre on canvas. Reproduced in McCulloch, Susan, and Emily McCulloch Childs. McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art: The Complete Guide. McCulloch & McCulloch Australian Art Books, 2008, p. 154.
Image from a database
The Making of a Monologue: Robert Wilson's Hamlet. Directed by Marion Kessel, Cinema Guild, 1995, Video. Theatre in Video, http://search.alexanderstreet.com.libproxy.murdoch.edu.au/view/work/1779981.
Online artwork
Heimans, Ralph. Gloves Off (Tom Uren), 1996, Oil paint on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2000.36/gloves-off-tom-uren.
Nolan, Sydney.The Encounter, 1946, Enamel paint on composition board. National Gallery of Australia, cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=28938.
Online image
Newbold, Curtis R. Can I Use that Picture? The Terms, Laws, and Ethics for Using Copyrighted Pictures. The Visual Communication Guy, 2014, thevisualcommunicationguy.com/2014/07/14/can-i-use-that-picture/.
Online map
Google Maps. "The British Library, London, UK." Google, 2015, www.google.com.au/maps/place/The+British+Library/.
Original image/artwork (viewed in a gallery or collection)
Angus, James. Gorilla, Gorilla, Gorilla, 2006, Wood veneers, nylon. Art Gallery of Western Australia.
