Sourcing

Just a quick break (well, I say quick, it has been a fair few months since anything has been posted and I'm so sorry about that! New posts will follow soon to complete the Art History Timeline feature) from the Art History Timeline feature to bring you a post about sourcing.
This is something I have learned a large number of things about through Internal Assessments, Coursework and also within Art.

This will be useful for GCSE, AS, A-Level, IB and equivalent courses

Within artwork in the classroom, sketchbook or even the art that I feature within a post, everything has to have an original source. For example;

• A copy of an artists painting (with or without personal alterations); source the original piece that you have worked from.
• A completely original piece; this depends on whether you have used any sources to help you come up with the idea. This includes images, videos and even text, which must be sources. An original idea and piece with no inspirations will not have to be sourced.
• A copy of personal photos; source this from your own work e.g. 'Sources: own images'

Some schools, and of course universities can be incredibly picky about how you source your information within essays, sketchbooks and other places where sources must be used. For much of my coursework I had to use the format of 'Harvard' in Microsoft Word. This is really simple to use as you just open the referencing tab, add source with all the relevant information and update the bibliography at the end of the document. Make sure you are sourcing in the correct style that your school, college, or university wants. THEY CAN BE VERY PICKY! If you do not source correctly, you can lose marks.

Throughout this, you should probably know the difference between sources within a bibliography and appendices, both of which that appear at the end of the document and contain the information that you have used or have quoted from.

Sources are places where you have got information from e.g. websites, books.

Appendices are images which you refer to in the passage and other texts such as transcripts that have been personally made.

Within art, it is suggested to put the sources that you have used at the bottom of each page, along with the date and the page number. (This is easier in sketchbooks for obvious reasons)

Within essays, cite as you go along. It is difficult to describe, however I will be spending time doing this in my future posts, so have a look in them. I will also do a short post to give people the idea on how to cite correctly (in the Harvard style).

I hope this has been useful! And cite well, for I don't want anyone losing marks!

Art History Timeline feature shall return soon.