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Art
* Music * Theater
Art
The
Louvre Museum
The
Louvre Museum, located in Paris, France, is one of the earliest
European museums. This site offers the individual a private
viewing by a virtual tour of the museum and a display of
the museum's various collections.
National
Gallery of Art
A comprehensive representation of all that the National
Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC has to offer; collections,
exhibitions, online tours, events and program schedules.
A wonderful display of art work with biographical information
on the artist and background information on the art
work.
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The official site of the famous New York museum,
with photos and text about special exhibitions and the
collection, as well as information about concerts, lectures
and educational resources.
Web
Gallery of Art
Over 11,000 digital reproductions of European
paintings and sculptures created between the years
1150 and 1800. "A number of guided tours make
it easier to visit the Gallery and to understand the
artistic and historical relationship between different
artworks and artists included in the collection."
Smithsonian
American Art Museum
"Art
both reflects society and draws it in new directions.
The extensive online collections and exhibits at the
Smithsonian allow users to search or browse by category."
Timeline
of Art History
Presented by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the timeline is a beautiful chronological,
geographical, and thematic display of world art. world
Artcyclopedia
"Our mission is to become the definitive
and most effective guide to museum-quality fine art
on the Internet." This site offers a comprehensive
index of artists who are represented at hundreds of
museum sites
Art.com
Search for art by artist or subject. Browse several
art collections compiled by Art.com. Get Advice on
decorating with art. Order prints, posters and frames.
Music
Essentials of Music
This site offers
basic information about classical music and introduces
the user to the best music of different eras. The
database is searchable by musical era or composer.
You'll find a glossary of musical terms and almost
200 audio excerpts from "Essential Classics"
Musical
Heritage Network Instrument Encyclopedia
This site features explores the history and
design of musical instruments from around the world,
illuminating the "diversity and creativity of
musical traditions. " You can
browse the collection by general reference or by country
of origin. A very informative resource.
Classical
Net
A current and updated collection of information
on classical composers, with complete list of works,
audio clips, biographies and bibliographies.
Jazz
Review
Interviews with artists, CD reviews,
discussions, photographs, concert reviews; all about
the world of jazz music.
Operabase
A comprehensive and valuable site for opera
buffs. Search in five languages for country listings
of opera festivals, world news and reviews of operas,
artist and performer information, opera houses and
audio and video recordings.
Artist
Direct
A Music portal and search engine with a database
of 500,000 artists, this site also offers message
boards and Concert tickets.
Songfile.com
Search by author, performer or song for information
on licensing, CD's, lyrics, sheet music, tickets
and instruments.
Musicals101.com
A
"Cyberencyclopedia" of musical theater,
covering all aspects of the art form including the
history, how musicals are made, indexes, chronologies
and more!
Mr.
William Shakespeare and the Internet
A
complete annotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare
resources available on Internet. A wonderful site
that includes a Shakespeare timeline, genealogy,
resources to all his works and information on festivals.
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