Submissions

Author Guidelines

I. Requirements for the submission of manuscripts

1. The collaborations must be original and unpublished, as well as relevant to their discipline.

2. Texts are accepted in Spanish, English and Portuguese. Authors who wish to send a text in any other language are advised to make contact first with the editors.

3. Word files must be in double space, with margins of three centimeters and must represent the definitive version of the text. Articles should have an extension of between 9,000 and 12,000 words; critical analyses of documentary testimonies and reports on works of art may have an extension of between 2,500 and 6,250 Words; in the case of reviews, news items and biographical sketches, between 750 and 2,500 Words. The first page must include the title and subtitle of the contribution, author’s name and the institution to which he/she belongs. All divisions and section shall be indicated with headings aligned to the left and separated from the text by a line before and after. Textual quotations of more than five lines must be transcribed as a separate paragraph, without modifying the general spacing and in a font one point smaller than the text. Footnote references will take the form of superscript Arabic numerals in consecutive order placed immediately after punctuation marks.

4. An abstract must also be included summarizing the contents of the article in a maximum of 140 words, as well as a résumé of the curriculum vitae of the author, in not more than 120 words (with name, academic post, e-mail, ORCID, lines of research and most relevant publications). It is also necessary to provide between 5 and 7 keywords identifying the contents.

II. Critical apparatus

1. The critical apparatus (set of citations, references and footnotes that give academic rigor to the text) must follow the guidelines established by The Chicago Manual of Style, whose “Quick Guide” can be consulted at: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

2. Bibliographical references must include: author (received name and surname in upper and lower case), Title of the Book (place: publisher, year), pages cited; for example: Ernst Hans Gombrich, Arte e ilusión. Estudio sobre la psicología de la representación pictórica, tr. Gabriel Ferrater (Madrid: Debate, 1998), 286.

3. In the case of works by more than one author, all of them must be mentioned, if more than seven, et al. will follow.

4. When citing a particular chapter of a book: author, “chapter title”, in author, Title of Book (place, publisher, year), pages cited; for example: Jorge Sebastián Lozano, “Veritas Filia tempori: Gombrich y la tradición”, in Paula Lizárraga, ed., E.H. Gombrich, in memoriam (Pamplona: unsa, 2003), 387-406.

5. References to printed journals should include: author, “Title of Article”, Name of Publication (respecting capitals) number of volume, part number (date of publication): pages cited; for example: Francisco Egaña Casariego, “Joaquín Vaquero Palacios en Nueva York”, Archivo Español de Arte 86, no. 343 (2003): 237-262. In the case of a newspaper: Author, “Title of the Article”, name of periodical, volume, number, section, date, year, page; for example, Teresa del Conde, “Naturaleza herida: González Serrano”, La Jornada, vol. 54, no. 24, sect. Opinión, August 20, 2013, 12.

6. References to documents in archives are presented in the following manner: Complete name of the archive when citing for the first time and (in brackets) the abbreviation that will be used thereafter; Internal classification or location of the document issuer, issuer, «title of document”, date and the folios consulted, for example: Archivo del Cabildo Catedral Metropolitano de México (ACCM), Actas de cabildo, Ordo, “Diario manual de lo que en esta Santa Iglesia Catedral Metropolitana de México se practica y observa”, 1751, lib. 2, f. 3.

7. Websites are cited as follows: author’s name, “title”, direct link to the text (“consulted” and the date); example: Rocío Robles Tardío, “La metáfora y la huella del ferrocarril en la for-mulación de la vivienda moderna en Le Corbusier”, www.dialnet.uniroja.es/servlet/ejem-plar?codigo=339925 (consulted October 30, 2013).

8. For film references: director, Title of the film (place: production company, year), dura-tion; example: Federico Fellini, La dolce vita (Roma/París: Riana Film/Pathé Consortium Cinéma, 1960), 174 min.

9. References to sound recordings are formulated as follows: Name of composer, Title, director, recording company, year; for example: Silvestre Revueltas, Tragedia en forma de rábano (no es plagio), Enrique Diemecke, Gramophone, 1990.

III. Illustrations

1. A Wordfile will be sent as reference with the images and their corresponding captions numbered in the order in which they appear in the text, accompanied by the duly completed “Form for the submission of images”. It is important to make sure that the images fulfill the general requirements, such as: clarity, definition, good framing, so as to ensure an acceptable quality of reproduction.

2. Images must fulfill the following requirements: a) photographs and midtones: 300 DPI, in .tif format and 14 cm breadth; b) line drawings (maps, sketches, diagrams: 1200 DPI, in .tif format and 14 cm breadth. They must be submitted via email, Dropbox, or WeTransfer, in which case the files need to be numbered according to their captions.

3. Digitalized reproductions from books or journals are not accepted.

4. Captions: the numeration must be in accordance with the names of the submitted files, followed by: author, title of the work, date, dimensions, place. Source or collection. Photographic credit © or details of the holder of the ownership rights over the image for publication on paper or in electronic form.

5. Reproduction rights: the author must remit licenses in writing, for both printed and online editions, permitting reproduction of those illustrations that require such authorization. Only where interinstitutional agreements exist between this Institute and other institutions involved may the permits be sought by the legal area of the Publications Department.