NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

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References in notes:

Articles: John Smith, 'Afterthoughts on Manet's Olympia', Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 33, no. 2, October 2010, pp. 89-99.

N.B. for volume numbers, use arabic numerals, not roman (20 not XX). For page numbers use pp. 70-7, not pp. 70-77, but note: 10-11, 16-18 etc., for the group of 10-19 in each hundred. Leave a space between p./pp. and numbers, also after vol. and no.

Books: John Smith, Manet: New Documents (Utopia Press: London, 2010).

Edited Works: John Smith (ed.), Manet, 2 vols (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2010).

Exhibitions: Cézanne: The Late Work, Grand Palais, Paris, 1980.

French Titles: La Couleur éloquente, not La Couleur Éloquente. However, when adjective precedes first noun, it goes into capitals: Petit Dictionnaire critique et anecdotique des enseignes de Paris.

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