GETTY PUBLICATIONS STYLE GUIDE GETTY PUBLICATIONS 1200 GETTY CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 500 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90049-1682 www.getty.edu/publications APRIL 15, 2014 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO THIS GUIDE ........................................................................................................ 1 GENERAL STYLE ....................................................................................................................................... 2 ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 ACCENTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ALPHABETIZATION .................................................................................................................................................. 2 ARTISTS’ NAMES ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 ARTISTS’ NATIONALITIES AND LIFE DATES .......................................................................................................... 3 BLOCK QUOTATIONS ................................................................................................................................................ 3 CAPITALIZATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 COMPOUND WORDS AND HYPHENATION .............................................................................................................. 4 CREDIT LINES ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 DATES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 DIMENSIONS .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 ELLIPSES .................................................................................................................................................................... 5 FOREIGN AND UNFAMILIAR WORDS AND PHRASES ............................................................................................. 6 FOREIGN-LANGUAGE NAMES .................................................................................................................................. 6 HYPHENATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 ILLUSTRATIONS MENTIONED IN TEXT ................................................................................................................... 7 INSCRIPTIONS............................................................................................................................................................ 7 MULTIPLE AUTHORS ................................................................................................................................................ 7 NAMES OF INSTITUTIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 7 NAMES OF PERSONS ................................................................................................................................................. 8 NOTES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 NUMBERS ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 PLACE-NAMES ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 POSSESSIVES ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 PUNCTUATION AND PARENTHESES ....................................................................................................................... 9 RELIGIOUS TERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................................................... 10 TITLES OF PERSONS .............................................................................................................................................. 10 TITLES OF WORKS ................................................................................................................................................. 10 STANDARD FORMATS FOR CAPTIONS .......................................................................................... 12 ACCEPTABLE ABBREVIATIONS IN CAPTIONS ..................................................................................................... 12 CAPTION DATA ELEMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 13 TREATMENT OF ELEMENTS IN CAPTIONS .......................................................................................................... 13 CAPTION FORMATTING SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................................ 14 PLATE-LIST CAPTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 15 SAMPLE CAPTIONS BY DISCIPLINE ..................................................................................................................... 16 Antiquities ............................................................................................................................................................... 16 Art History and Museum Studies .................................................................................................................. 17 Conservation .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Drawings ................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Manuscripts ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 Paintings .................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Photographs ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 Sculpture and Decorative Arts ...................................................................................................................... 23 SAMPLES OF TOMBSTONE CAPTIONS WITH APPARATUS ............................................................................... 24 NOTES, REFERENCES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES ............................................................................. 29 I. THE NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM ..................................................................................................... 29 II. THE AUTHOR-DATE SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................... 31 ACCEPTABLE ABBREVIATIONS IN DOCUMENTATION ....................................................................................... 33 CONVENTIONS FOR COMPILING AND EDITING BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCE LISTS........................... 34 FREQUENTLY USED TERMS ............................................................................................................... 35 ART MOVEMENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 35 GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 36 STANDARD REFERENCES ................................................................................................................... 43 REFERENCE BOOKS ............................................................................................................................................... 43 REFERENCE WEBSITES ......................................................................................................................................... 43 INTRODUCTION TO THIS GUIDE The term style has two complementary yet distinct meanings: literary style, the way a text is written; and mechanical style, rules for consistency and clarity in grammar, usage, spelling, the citing of sources, and so on. At Getty Publications, project editors collaborate with authors in both of these domains to ensure that each book serves the needs of its readers and makes a valuable contribution to the discipline in which it