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Art 305: Art & Mass culture

Citing using Chicago Manual of Style

You will be following the Chicago Manual of Style Notes-Bibliography system for your paper.  This systems consists of two parts:

  1. superscripted note number (1) in the text, placed at the end of a sentence or clause and a note containing the citation, placed either at the bottom of the page (footnote) or at the end of the paper (endnote).
  2. A bibliography.

Citation guides and manuals

BibMe guide to Chicago Style citations: this guide provides an easy to follow overview and guide with examples.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): Purdue OWL's Chicago guide is incredibly comprehensive and provides a helpful sample paper as an example.

Chicago Manual of Style Notes-Bibliography Citation Quick Guide: the official online manual.

Citing images

The main components to note when citing artworks are:

  • Artist's name
  • Title of work
  • Date of composition
  • Medium
  • Name and location of owning institution
  • Where you found the image

Chicago Manual of Style image citations
For Chicago Manual of Style image citations, consult the following sections of the manual:

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