Art & Design disciplines frequently use the Chicago Manual Style of Citation for their research & writing. Pay close attention to how the bibliographic entries, footnotes/ endnotes, & captions differ from each other.
Bibliographic entry – general
Dürer, Albrect. Melancholia I. 1514. Engraving on copper. 239 x 168 mm.
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
Footnote/endnote – general
1. Albrect Dürer, Melancholia I, 1514. Engraving on copper, 239 x 168 mm.,
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
Caption – general
(*note: captions can be done as figure, fig., illustration, or ill.)
Fig. 1: Albrect Dürer, Melancholia I, 1514. Engraving on copper, 239 x 168 mm., Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
Bibliographic entry – online (websites or databases)
Corot, Camille. Ravine in the Morvan, 1840 - 1845. Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 3/4 in.,
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
https://www.high.org/collections/ravine-in-the-morvan-near-lormes/, accessed
27 Aug. 2018.
Footnote/endnote – online (websites or databases)
1. Camille Corot, Ravine in the Morvan, 1840 - 1845. Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 3/4 in., High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
Caption – online (websites or databases)
Illustration. 1: Camille Corot, Ravine in the Morvan, 1840 - 1845. Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 3/4 in., High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. https://www.high.org/collections/ravine-in-the-morvan-near-lormes/.
You must give credit for images used with copyright restrictions and those that do not have any restrictions.
Images with copyright restrictions:
Reproduced with permission from Mississippi State University Libraries, Bully Sitting in a Chair (Starkville, MS: University Archives. Special Collections Department. Mississippi State University Libraries) S_3377 © no date, by Mississippi State University Libraries.
Images without copyright restrictions:
Fig. 1. Jasper the Plott Hound, 2011. Courtesy of Corinne Kennedy. Photograph courtesy by Lisa Gaedtka.
