Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Art History:
Guides for Writing about Art
Barnett, Sylvan.
A Short Guide to Writing About Art. 6th ed.
New York : Longman, c2000.
Used in undergraduate courses. General, easy guide to analyzing a work of art and writing a simple, straightforward paper.
REF N7476.B37
Turabian, Kate L.
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and
Dissertations. 6th ed.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
More complex than the above guide for organizing material and citing it correctly. Based on the
Chicago Manual of Style.
REF LB2369.T8 1996
Chicago Manual of Style. 14th ed.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.
Most complex style guide in this library. Use this to
determine form for complicated citations. Supplies brief rules
for punctuation, grammar, and other stylistic conventions.
REF Z253.U69
Cook Claire Kehrwald.
Line by Line; How to Improve Your Own Writing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
One of the most practical, easy-to-use guides for grammar
and punctuation. In clear concise explanations, this book helps
to avoid the common misuse of words and punctuation pitfalls, and
it is very readable as well.
REF PE1441.C66 1984
Munsterberg, Marjorie. Writing About Art.
An online guide created by Marjorie Munsterberg at The City College of New York for her course in Art History. This helpful resource
outlines the characteristics of methods of visual or art historical analysis. According to Prof. Munsterberg, it is updated each
semester.
Citing Electronic Sources
Online! Citation Styles
This chapter from Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger, representsguidelines
for citing Internet sources are based on the principles presented in the fourteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
The official site for The Chicago Manual of Style offers a Quick Guide with examples for citing electronic sources. The Manual itself
is only available with a subscription.
"Notes for Contributors," in Art Bulletin (most recently September 1992) explains the style used for that publication, which is also
the style used frequently by faculty in the Art History Department.
The Art Bulletin
Style Sheet is searchable electronically. A paper copy is kept at the Reference Desk, filed under Art Bulletin Style Sheet.
For assistance with the principles of good writing, in general, when the books are not handy, try Professor Charles Darling's,
Guide to Grammar and Writing.
In other Rutgers Libraries:
Strunk, William.
Elements of Style.
New York: Macmillan.
Various editions and reprints of this classic guide to
writing can be found throughout the Rutgers Library System. Some
copies may be circulated from the Douglass and Alexander
Libraries.
