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).

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.).

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.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/09/

Monet, Claude. The Path Through the Irises. 1914-17, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The painting shows a beautiful flower garden with a stone path to one side. A woman in a white dress is walking on the path.

The painting is lyric. The garden is peaceful and quiet, and the woman is quietly enjoying it. The image represents having a safe place to relax. Monet is a famous impressionist who uses large brush strokes that serve well to capture the concept of the garden rather than tell any specific story.

This painting has a broad appeal—it is pretty and calming, which almost anyone could appreciate. If someone isn’t interested in the garden and flowers, they might still be interested to see how Monet piled up the paint in unique ways.

Fowle, Trances. “Mad Enchantment Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies.” History Today, vol. 67, no. 1, Jan. 2017, p. 57. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=120648283&site=ehost-live. Accessed on 6 April 2020.

Summary: This article introduces a book about Monet that accompanied a gallery display in France. It gives fascinating details about Monet’s character, such as his short temper and his grief after his wife died.

Relate: The article talks about how after his wife’s death, Monet’s only hoys ere “his garden, food and drink.” This makes looking at a painting such as The Path Through the Irises and getting more out of it. My lyric impression of a peaceful place seems to be reinforced by learning how much his garden meant to Monet.