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Contemporary & Modern Art

Resources for the study of Modern and Contemporary Art, the period encompassing roughly the 20th and 21st centuries.

Chicago Style

Art History uses the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS). Learn how to format your paper in Chicago using footnotes or endnotes.

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
Provides guidelines on style, usage, grammar, and citation format with examples. Both the 17th and 16th editions are accessible.

Purdue OWL: Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition
The CMOS explained by the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Turabian: A Manual for Writers - Chicago Style for Students and Researchers
While there are a few minor differences between Chicago and Turabian styles to accommodate the needs of student paper writers, they share the same Chicago-style citation formats

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by Kate L. Turabian; Wayne C. Booth (Revised by); Gregory G. Colomb (Revised by); Joseph M. Williams (Revised by); Joseph Bizup (Revised by); William T. FitzGerald (Revised by); The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff (Revised by)
Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2018, REFERENCE
ISBN: 9780226430577
Publication Date: 2018-04-16
Turabian style was adapted from the University of Chicago's 'Chicago' style of citation and was simplified for students and researchers. Ask your professor if the class is using Turabian style.

Sample Paper

If you are new to Chicago Style, it can be confusing at first. But it's pretty easy once you get the hang of using footnotes.

This sample paper provided by Purdue OWL will help: Sample Paper Online

CMOS Sample Paper
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Citing Images

If you include images in your research paper, you need to cite them.

In Chicago style, you can cite an artwork or a photo/illustration from a book. Search in Chicago for "citing illustrations."

For citing images in other citation styles, click here.

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Subjects: Arts & Humanities, Modernism (Art), Visual Arts

Tags: art, art criticism, art history, CAL, contemporary art, modern art, modernism, museum studies

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