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Chicago Citation Style, 18th Edition

A University of Lethbridge Library guide to Chicago Manual of Style citations.

Paintings, Photographs, Sculptures
(Section 14.133)

Information about paintings, photographs, sculptures, or other works of art can typically be presented in the text, rather than in a note or bibliography. If a citation is needed, list the name of the artist, the title of the work (in italics), the date of creation or completion, followed by information about the medium and location of work. Add a URL to the end of the entry if used. To cite an art included as a numbered illustration in another publication, see 14.57 of The Manual.

Example 1 – Painting
N: 1. Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931, oil on canvas, 9½ x 13 in. (24.1 x 33 cm), Museum of Modern Art,
New York, https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79018.
B: Dalí, Salvador. The Persistence of Memory. 1931. Oil on canvas, 9½ x 13 in. (24.1 x 33 cm). Museum of Modern Art,
            New York. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79018.

Illustrations or Tables
(Section 14.57)

The abbreviation fig. may be used for figure, but table, map, plate, and other illustration forms are spelled out.

Example 1 – Table
N: 1. Jean-Paul Chavas, David Hummels, and Brian D. Wright, eds., The Economics of Food Price Volatility
(University of Chicago Press, 2014), 167, table 4.4.
    2. Chavas, Food Price Volatility, table 4.4.
B: Chavas, Jean-Paul, David Hummels, and Brian D. Wright, eds. The Economics of Food Price Volatility.
            University of Chicago Press, 2014.