Internet Resources - Art

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Internet Resources - Art

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.

Theater

Internet Broadway Database

Official Broadway database with information about every production on Broadway, a list of your favorite actor's credits or what played at a particular theater or what shows opened in a specific season. Links to LiveBroadway.com and National Broadway Theatre Awards .

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.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

This site has offered the first edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare since 1993...comedy, history, tragedy and poetry!

The Billy Rose Theatre Collection

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Collection. A large and comprehensive archive devoted to the theatrical arts.

 

 

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