What a mess I find myself in.  The College wants to standardize everything
according to the Chicago Manual of Style, which seems to advocate putting
titles of Photos in quotations (and all other titles of artworks in
Italics).  And it does seem that some institutions are doing this;
however, this seems to single out the photographs in exhibitions
containing a variety of media.

Has anyone else run into this problem?

Best,
Cheryl


> Well, as an old "Poofreader" you made me get up out of
> my chair and look at my reference manual to see what
> it says.  Knowing there are differing schools of
> style, I'll just tell you what the Gregg Reference
> Manual says.  That's used more often in business.  The
> caveat is that the copy in my bookshelf is 6th
> edition; don't remember which edition is at the
> office; I just checked and the most current edition is
> the 9th.  I can't imagine this topic changed much, but
> here's what it says:
>
> Section 289
>
> Underscore titles of complete works that are published
> as separate items--for example, books, pamphlets, long
> poems, magazines, and newspapers.  Also underscore
> titles of movies, plays, musicals, operas, television
> and radio series, long musical compositions, and
> pieces of sculpture.
>
> I'd be inclined to treat a photo the same as a
> painting or piece of sculpture in this respect (good
> grief what a brouhaha that allegation could cause if
> not taken in context).
>
> For the Eats, Shoots and Leaves crew, note the coma
> between compositions and and.  So that it would be
> Eats, Shoots, and Leaves (LOL).
>
>
>
> --- Jay Heuman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> As I understand it, quotation marks imply a part of
>> a whole -- such as
>> placing the title of a chapter, essay, or short
>> story in quotation marks but
>> the title of the compilation in italics (or
>> underlined).
>>
>> A photograph (or any work of art), as it is a whole
>> in and of itself, is
>> usually italicized (or underlined).
>>
>> Of course, AP style -- for press releases -- follows
>> different rules than
>> the more "academic" style most museums follow.  In
>> AP style, aren't all
>> titles are in quotation marks?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Jay
>>
>>
>> Jay Heuman, Curator of Education
>> Salt Lake Art Center
>> 20 South West Temple
>> Salt Lake City, UT 84101
>>
>> T 801-328-4201
>> F 801-322-4323
>> E [log in to unmask]
>> W www.slartcenter.org
>>
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