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The below information (in black) is from the OWL Purdue MLA Formatting and Style Guide.
Note: If the website begins with https://, that portion of the url can be omitted and the url can begin with www.
Information needed for your citation:
artist's name
title of the work of art (put in italics)
date of creation
institution and city where the art is housed
if online, the name of the website (include even if it's the same name as the museum; put in italics)
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.
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 22 May 2006.
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/image cited is available 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/.
The following are ways that you might use another artist’s work ethically:
Practice: Copying a master artist in order to practice a style or technique. The original artist’s work must be cited as such (see citation examples above).
Inspiration: Being in conversation with another artwork, art style, or artist’s work, while not copying or mimicking the work directly.
Reference: Using imagery for reference to inform the artwork. The reference should then be manipulated so that your finished work is essentially different in purpose and function. Significant editing of the original reference imagery must be made to ensure that your work is not a copy.
Appropriation: Using another artist’s work, but then altering the content so that it has a new meaning.
Collaboration: Working with another person or group to create an artwork. When working collaboratively, collaborators should be cited as such.
For more infomration on fair use, see "Fair Use: The 4 Factors Courts Consider in a Copyright Infringement Case."