Library guides: APA 7th Referencing Guide: Visual works

Artwork in a museum or on a museum website

Use to reference all types of museum artwork (e.g. paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, drawings and installations).
Describe the medium of format in square brackets after the title. For untitled art, include a description in square brackets in place of a title.

Elements of the reference

**Creator(s) of artwork – last name, initial(s). (Year). Title of artwork - italicised [Medium OR Format]. Name and the Location of the Museum. URL of the artwork if available**

In-text citation

(Pollock, 1952) OR Pollock (1952) shows ...

Reference list

Delacroix, E. (1826-1827). Faust attempt to seduce Marguerite [Lithograph]. The Louvre, Paris, France.

Pollock, J. (1952). Blue poles [Painting]. National Galley of Austraila, Canberra, Australia. https://nga.gov.au/international/catalogue/Detail.cfm?IRN=36334&ViewID=2&GalID=ALL&MnuID=1

Endnote reference type

Artwork

Map

Elements of the reference

**Author - last name, Initial(s). (Year). Title of map [Map]. Site name. URL**

In-text citation

(Cable, 2013) OR Cable (2013) points out ...

Reference list

Cable, D. (2013). The racial dot map [Map]. University of Virginia, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. https://demographics.coopcenter.org/Racial-Dot-Map

Google maps example

Google. (n.d.). [Google Maps directions for driving from Lismore to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales]. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from https://www.google.com/maps/dir//lismore+to+coffs+harbour/@-27.4694144,153.0396672,12z

Note: "Because dynamically created maps (e.g. Google Maps) do not have a title, describe the map in square brackets, and include a retrieval date" (APA, 2019, p.347).

Endnote reference type

Map