Oxford Art Online Look under the subject entries for "Fashion, Jewelry and Body Art" and "Textiles and Embroidery". Several costume designers are listed under the Benezit Dictionary of Artists within Oxford Art Online.
Oxford Reference Online is a fully indexed, cross-searchable database of about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Searches sources such as:
Documenting sources for images can be challenging, especially with the variety of new electronic resources now available. Many different style manuals exist. Always ask your class instructor for the style appropriate for the course.
Examples below are based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed
Artist’s last name, first name. Title of art work in italics. Date of art work.
Institution where art work is housed (if known), city where housed if
not already named. Title of printed source in italics. By Author of printed
source. Place of publication: publisher, date. Page or plate/figure/slide
number. Print.
example:
Cassatt, Mary. Mother and Child . Wichita Art Museum. c.1890. American
Painting: 1560-1913 . By John Pearce. New York: McGraw, 1964.
Slide 22. Print.
Artist’s last name, first name. Title of art work in italics. Date of art work.
Institution where art work is housed (if known), city where housed if not
already named. Database or web site name. Web. Day month year
accessed.
example:
Monet, Claude. Meadow with Haystacks at Giverny. 1885. Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston. ARTstor. Web. 22 October 2004.
