Submissions

Author Guidelines

art.innovation.editor@gmail.com — is the mail for submissions.

Art Innovation accepts article submissions on a rolling basis and normally publishes articles between 20,000 and 60,0000 characters with the gaps (6,000 and 10,000 words) in length. Word counts refer to the text of the paper including footnotes and an abstract. References, title, author list, and acknowledgements do not have to be included in total word counts.

Format for the manuscripts

We use a 14-point Times New Roman font.

All the margins are 2 cm, justify the text, which is one-and-a-half spaced.

The name of the article and topical sections is in bold.

Accentuation of words is in italics.

No page numbering.

Format for text is Microsoft Word, with the style tags removed.

The name of the document is “Author’s surname st” (Shik st).

Necessary information

• The names of all contributors, ORCID codes, Researcher ID.
• Their degree, affiliations (plus present addresses with the zip code), contacts.
• Abstract is 200-250 words in length (in English and Russian).
• 5-10 keywords in English and Russian.
• As a guideline, articles allow from 20 up to 30 references.

Structure

• The abstract gives a brief account of the background of the work; the objective of the study and main conclusions. In abstract, it is necessary to put the main findings into general context so it is clear how the results described in the paper have moved the field forwards.
• We kindly ask that you do not submit your article elsewhere during the reviewing process.

Text formatting

Quotation

The quotation marks for the Russian texts are « », for the English texts they are “ ”. Single quotation marks are for quotations/direct speech/titles and double quotation marks for quotations/direct speech/titles within that:

‘I haven’t got round to reading “Thomas the Tank Engine” yet,’ I said.

Dash

Use correctly the symbols like the m-dash (—) and the hyphen (-). Between the numbers put the n-dash (–).

Hyphenate adjectives: art-historical methodology, twentieth-century music, middle-class values; do not hyphenate nouns: the twentieth century, the middle class.

Numbers and dates

Spell out whole-number words for one to ten. Use figures for 11 and above and for percentages, measurements, and currency.

Dates are the twentieth century, not 20th; 9 May 1945; BC or AD, no points.

Italic

Italicise the names and titles of the works, books, films etc. Titles of books, journals, plays, films, musical works etc. should be given in italics if they are a complete published work; if you are referring to an individual short story, song, article etc. within a larger publication, use single quotation marks.

Capitalisation

With the names and titles of the works, books, films etc. capitalise the first word, and all words within the title except articles (a/an/the), prepositions (to/on/for etc.) and conjunctions (but/and/or etc.).

Capitalise terms such as Cubist, Cubism, Surrealist, Surrealism, Modernist, etc.

For the further guidance see The Oxford Guide to Style (Oxford, 2002) https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf

and the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, latest edn.)

https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/Style%20Guide%20quick%20reference%20A-Z.pdf

References

References are in the alphabetical order, each numbered and formatted according to the Harvard style principles.

In the text, references are shortened as: (Groys, 2020, p.55), (Foster, Krauss, Bois, 2011, p.285), (Name of the Book, 2020, p.55), (Cited: Groys, 2000, p.123). If the reference is repeated do not use (op. cit., ibid. etc.). Refer to author and shortened version of reference.

Use endnotes for comments. There you can find a citation guide: https://www.mendeley.com/guides/harvard-citation-guide

Names and titles in non-Latin alphabet require English translation:

Wrong:

Jianhua, L. (2014) ‘思维的连贯性: 关于我这 些年的作品’ [Collected Thoughts: About My Work over the Years], Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute Journal, no. 2, p. 77.

Correct:

Jianhua, L. (2014) ‘Collected Thoughts: About My Work over the Years’, Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute Journal, no. 2, p. 77.

Transliterate names, titles, and publishing houses that are in Cyrillic:

Lishaev, S. A. (2015) Pomnit’ fotografiei [Remember by Photography]. St. Petersburg: Aleteiia Publ. (in Russian)

For the transliteration use https://www.translitteration.com/transliteration/en/russian/ala-lc/

If the reference was published originally in non-Russian language, it is necessary to use the original title and author’s surname, not their Russian translation.

After the publishing house there is the abbreviation Publ. For non-English items give the name of the language

Illustrations

Illustrations should be referred to in the text thus: (Fig. 1). There should be 5-10 illustrations as separate digital files (of 300 dpi) sent after the manuscript is accepted. All copyright permission must be cleared and if necessary, paid for by the author (applications and payments to DACS, ARS and similar licensing agencies where appropriate). It is also the author's responsibility to include acknowledgements as stipulated by particular institutions.

The name of the file contains author’s surname and the number of a figure (Shik ill.1). The list of illustrations is sent as a separate file (named “Shik ill”). It includes the information about the artist, title, year, type, medium, dimensions, location, and the source of the image (site/ publication that provides the image).

Fig. 1. Lucas Samaras. Photo-Transformation. 1973. Instant internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid SX-70). 7.5 x 7.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/265049

EXAMPLE

Ida Aleksandrovna Shik

PhD in Art History, researcher. ida.shik@bk.ru

The State Hermitage museum, 34 Dvortsovaia emb., 190000 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Photography as the Medium of Memory Construction in Andrew Polushkin’s Works

Abstract

In the article, the researcher analyzed the strategies of memory constructing in the works of the contemporary St. Petersburg photo artist Andrew Polushkin. In the series Holga. Trap of Illusive Sensations (2006–2010), representing the old deserted parks, the photographer managed to create an effect of a memory-dream, evoking a feeling of nostalgia in the viewer…

Keywords

Photography; memory; bromoil; Andrew Polushkin; St. Petersburg pictorialism.

References

Bate, D. (2004) Photography and Surrealism: Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent.  London: I. B. Tauris.

Fijalkovsky, K., Richardson, M., Walker, I. (2013) Surrealism and Photography in Chehoslovakia. On the Needles of Days. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

Lishaev, S. A. (2015) Pomnit’ fotografiei [Remember by Photography]. St. Petersburg: Aleteiia Publ. (in Russian)

Polushkin, A. (2006) Virus of Decoratity. Photographs by Andrew Polushkin [Online]. Museum of the History of Photography. Available at: http://www.photohismus.spb.ru/exb14.html (Accessed: 21 August 2020). (in Russian)

Shik, I. A. (2017) ‘Aesthetics of Decay in Surrealist Photography’, Istoricheskie, filosofskie, politicheskie i iuridicheskie nauki, kul'turologiia i iskusstvovedenie [Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art], 3(1), pp. 201–205. (in Russian)