Popular Imagination & Myth-Making
MLA 8 Citation
How to Cite Works of Art
Provide the artist's name, the title of the artwork in italics, and the date of creation. 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, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
If you viewed the artwork on the museum's website, treat the name of the website as the container (i.e., the "book"), and include the website's publisher and the URL at the end of the citation. Provide the artist's name, the work of art italicized, the date of creation, the institution and city where the work is housed. Follow this initial entry with the name of the website in italics, and the date of access. (Note the period after the creation date below, rather than the comma, which differs from the citation of art viewed in a museum.)
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo Nacional del Prado,
www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-family-of-carlos-iv/f47898fc-aa1c-48f6-a779-71759e417e74. Accessed 12 Feb. 2019.
Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive, www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html.
Accessed May 2006.
If the work is cited on the web only, then provide the name of the artist, the title of the work, and then follow the citation format for a website. If the work is posted via a username, use that username for the author.
Adams, Clifton R. “People Relax Beside a Swimming Pool at a Country Estate Near Phoenix, Arizona, 1928.”
Found, National Geographic Creative, 2 June 2016, natgeofound.tumblr.com/. Accessed 2 Mar. 2019.
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2018, owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 7 Mar. 2019.
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
If you viewed the artwork on the museum's website, treat the name of the website as the container (i.e., the "book"), and include the website's publisher and the URL at the end of the citation. Provide the artist's name, the work of art italicized, the date of creation, the institution and city where the work is housed. Follow this initial entry with the name of the website in italics, and the date of access. (Note the period after the creation date below, rather than the comma, which differs from the citation of art viewed in a museum.)
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo Nacional del Prado,
www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-family-of-carlos-iv/f47898fc-aa1c-48f6-a779-71759e417e74. Accessed 12 Feb. 2019.
Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive, www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html.
Accessed May 2006.
If the work is cited on the web only, then provide the name of the artist, the title of the work, and then follow the citation format for a website. If the work is posted via a username, use that username for the author.
Adams, Clifton R. “People Relax Beside a Swimming Pool at a Country Estate Near Phoenix, Arizona, 1928.”
Found, National Geographic Creative, 2 June 2016, natgeofound.tumblr.com/. Accessed 2 Mar. 2019.
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2018, owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 7 Mar. 2019.
Evaluating Websites
How to Format Your GoogleDoc for Works Cited Hanging Alignment