Art history uses the Chicago Style for citations and bibliographies. While proper citing can often seem daunting, full of obscure rules and exceptions, there are several resources that can make the job easier.
The Purdue Owl (Purdue Online Writing Lab) is a comprehensive resource for information on academic citations in general, with basic guidelines and detailed examples for several citation styles, including Chicago.
The College Art Association maintains an extensive set of guidelines relevant to art history publishing, including notes and examples of proper formatting, captioning, etc. The guide can be found here.
Access our own Liberal Arts Writing Guide here.
Your writing will naturally build on the work of others, while simultaneously adding your own voice to the academic conversation. That conversation requires, however, that you acknowledge the contributions of the authors and artists whose words and ideas you use. Failing to do so is plagiarism, a serious academic offense that consists of submitting work that is not the author's own, without acknowledging the sources on which it relies.
Take a moment to read the RMCAD statements on academic integrity and plagiarism.
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