What is an art credit line?

What is an art credit line?
like a caption of words that tell about the work of art



A credit line is a list of important facts about a work of art.
This information is displayed along side a work of art and contains at least 6 facts.

o Name of the artist

o Title of the work (always in italics)

o Year the work was created
(c. = "circa" Latin for "about" or "around")

o Medium used by the artist. This is the material used to make art. (acrylic, oil, watercolor, bronze, plaster cast, or if more than one is used, "mixed media")

o Size of the work. (First number = height. Second number = width and if the work is three dimensional, the third number = depth.) * a number followed by '= foot measurement, number followed by " = inches, therefore 28'8" = twenty-eight feet, eight inches.

o Location of the work, the gallery, museum, or collection in which the work is housed and the city, state and country. The names of donors may also be included.