This presentation will help students locate information sources about women artists involved in Impressionism and the Arts and Crafts Movement.

1. Library Sources & MLA 8 Citation Style
Women in the Visual Arts
Susan Whitmer
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Spring 2018
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2. Agenda
● Tour TWU Libraries home page
○ twu.edu/library
● Locate sources for Impressionism and the Arts and Crafts Movement
○ ART 3343 page, http://libguides.twu.edu/artresearch/ART3343
● Basics of MLA8 citation style for art history, Online Writing Lab
○ https://owl.english.purdue.edu
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3. Library Sources
● Articles in databases
○ ArtIndex
○ Credo Reference
○ JSTOR
○ Oxford Art Online
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● Electronic books
○ TWUniversal Advanced Search
● Print books
○ TWU Libraries Catalog
● Media/Videostreaming
○ Kanopy database

4. Impressionism
● French painting between 1860 - 1900
● Impressionism legitimized the subject-matter of domestic social life
● Leading female Impressionist painters:
○ Mary Cassatt
○ Berthe Morisot
● Impressionism was a defense of the middle class against rapid
urbanization and rapid industrialization
● Action Item: Search Credo & Oxford Art Online: Impressionism
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5. Impressionist: Mary Cassatt
● Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) American painter who lived in Paris
● Gender restrictions and opportunities of the 19th century
● Cassatt’s subjects: Traditional female roles
● Library sources:
○ ArtIndex
○ Credo Reference
○ Kanopy Videostreaming
○ Oxford Art Online
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Cassatt, Mary. Mother and Child. n.d., painting, Los
Angeles County Museum of Art,
http://camio.oclc.org.ezp.twu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collectio
n/CAM/id/97/rec/40. Accessed 1 March 2018.

6. Search Strategies: Articles in Databases
• Articles in Databases:
○ A-Z databases
○ ArtIndex
○ Search: Mary Cassatt
○ Limiters:
■ Linked Full-Text
■ Item Type: Articles
■ Language: English
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7. MLA8 Citation: Article in Journal/Database
Database: ArtIndex
Search terms: Mary Cassatt
Content/source:
○ Author.
○ Title of source: article title.
Container: Journal, Database
○ Title of container: Journal title.
○ Number,
○ Publication Date,
○ Location.
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Works cited entry:
Shapiro, Barbara Stern. "A Notable Collection of
Prints and Drawings by Mary Cassatt."
Magazine Antiques, vol. 173, no. 4, Apr.
2008, pp. 92-101. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=tru
e&db=aai&AN=504450009&site=ehost-live.

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9. MLA8 Citation: Media/Videostreaming
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Source: “MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Other Common Sources).” Purdue Online Writing Lab,
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/09/

10. MLA8 Citation: Media/Videostreaming
Database: Kanopy Videostreaming
Search terms: Women of the
Impressionist Movement
Content/source:
○ Title of source: Film title.
○ Creator: Director.
Container:
○ Title of container: Film studio or
distributor,
○ Publication Date: Release year.
○ Access date.
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Works cited entry:
Women of the Impressionist Movement. Directed
by Rudij Bergmann. Arthaus Musik, 2011.
Kanopy. Accessed 4 March 2018.

11. Arts & Crafts Movement
● A revolt against soulless, industrially produced objects
● Hand-crafted items, elevation of craft:
○ Ceramics: “Rookwood Art Pottery”
○ (Search CAMIO, Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
○ Embroidery: Royal School of Art Needlework
● Nature and folk culture v. the artificiality of modern life
● Relationship of china painting to Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party at
the Brooklyn Museum of Art
● Action Item: Search Rookwood Art Pottery for articles in
ArtIndex, JSTOR, Oxford Art Online: “Arts & Crafts Movement”
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12. Search Strategies: Books in the Library
● Start at TWU Libraries home page twu.edu/library
● Click TWUniversal Advanced Search
● Select tab TWU Libraries Catalog
● Search: “arts and crafts movement” AND women
● Resource Type: Books
● Click Search button
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13. Search Strategies: Books in the Library
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14. Search Strategies: eBooks
● Start at TWU Libraries home page twu.edu/library
● Click TWUniversal Advanced Search
● Search: “arts and crafts movement” AND women
● Resource Type: Electronic Books
● Click Search button
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15. Search Strategies: eBooks
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16. Search Strategies: Images
• Images in Databases:
○ CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
○ Credo Reference - Image option
• Images on the Web:
○ Art Institute of Chicago
○ Google Art Project
○ Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collections
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Source: “MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Web Publications).” Purdue Online Writing Lab,
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
An Image (Including a Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph)
Provide the artist's name, the work of art italicized, the date of creation, the institution and city
where the work is housed. Follow this initial entry with the name of the Website in italics, and the
date of access.
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado,
Madrid. Museo Nacional del Prado, www.museodelprado.es/en/the-
collection/art-work/the-family-of-carlos-iv/f47898fc-aa1c-48f6-a779-
71759e417e74. Accessed 22 May 2006.
Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The
Artchive, www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html.
Accessed May 2006.
MLA8 Image Citation Basics: Electronic Sources

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Source: “Other Commons Sources,” Purdue Online Writing Lab, https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/09/
MLA8 Image Citation Basics: Print and F2F

19. MLA8 citation style: Image
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Cassatt, Mary. The Child’s Bath. 1893, oil on canvas, The Art Institute of
Chicago, http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/111442. Accessed
01 March 2018.
Artist: Mary Cassatt.
Title: The Child’s Bath.
Date: 1893,
Medium: oil on canvas.
Institution: The Art Institute of
Chicago,
City: (Do not use city if already
named in institution)
URL:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/
artwork/111442.
Date accessed: March 1, 2018.

20. MLA8 citation style
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Artist: Frances Benjamin Johnston.
Title: Self-Portrait (as “New
Woman”).
Date: 1890,
Medium: photograph,
Institution: Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs,
City: Washington, D.C.,
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resourc
e/cph.3b11893/.
Date accessed: 02 March 2018.
Johnston, Frances Benjamin. Self-Portrait (as “New Woman”). 1890,
photograph, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs,
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b11893/. Accessed 01 March
2018.

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In-text Citation: Author-page number
Example of Electronic Book: Works Cited
Mathews, Nancy Mowll. Mary Cassatt : A Life. Yale University Press, 1998. EBSCOhost
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=52947&site=ehost-live.
Example: In-text Citation
Mary Cassatt’s mother and child paintings are unsentimental and ironic considering the
artist’s choice of career over family (Matthews 182).
Author Page #

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24. MLA8 Sample Paper
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Source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/

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Source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/1004/04/

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Suggested Reading
Chadwick, Whitney. “Separate but Unequal: Women’s Sphere and the New Art.” Women, Art,
and Society. 5th ed., Thames and Hudson, 2012.
“MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2017. Purdue University,
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/675/01/. Accessed 4 March 2018.
Whitmer, Susan. “Library Sources for ART 3343: Women in the Visual Arts.” Texas Woman’s
University, http://libguides.twu.edu/artresearch/ART3343. Accessed 4 March 2018.

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Susan Whitmer
TWU Reference and Instruction Librarian
SWhitmer@twu.edu
Cassatt, Mary. The Letter. 1890-91,
drypoint, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/th
e-letter-110148. Accessed 1 March
2018.
Cassatt, Mary. In The Loge. 1878, oil on
canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/in-
the-loge-31365. Accessed 1 March 2018.