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International Bibliography of Theater
& Dance with Full Text (Full-Text)
Humanities International Complete
(Full-Text)
Academic Search Premier (Full-Text)
Intute
Searchable catalog of information about fine art, design, architecture, applied
arts, media, and theory.
Art &
architecture thesaurus online
Contains brief definitions of terms relating to "fine
art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material
culture."
Art History
Gateway of links covering all periods of art and its history. Created by a
professor at Sweet Briar College.
Art Source
Gateway website divided by category.
Mother of All Art
and Art History Links on the Web
Includes art resources as well as links to Art history departments,
image collections, art museums, and more.
Art
Cyclopedia Glossary
Dictionary of fine art terms.
ArtLex: dictionary of visual art
Includes not only definitions of art terms, but illustrations and links
to other resources.
Essentials of Music
Includes eras, composers, and a glossary.
Instrument Encyclopedia
Includes not only encyclopedia information about any instrument but a glossary
of terms plus graphics.
Music Online
Glossary
A dictionary of musical terms.
Architectural Resources
from ArtSource
ArtSource is a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture.
Content is diverse.
Architecture and Architectural History
Selected internet sources in architecture and architectural history from
the UCLA Arts Library site.
Architecture and Building
Topics covered by this guide include architecture, building and construction,
design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the
environment, and landscape architecture.
Art
and Architecture Thesaurus
The Getty Research Institute's Vocabulary Databases (the Art &
Architecture Thesaurus, the Union List of Artist Names, and the
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names) contain terminology and other
information about the visual arts, architecture, artists, and geographic places.
Cyburbia Architecture Resource Library
Extensive directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture,
urbanism, growth and sprawl, and other topics related to the built environment.
Environmental Design
Library: Landscape Architecture Internet Resources
A selection of Internet resources pertaining to landscape architecture.
The Great Buildings
Collection
More than 800 great buildings from around the world and across history
are illustrated with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion,
bibliography, architect info, and live 3D walkthrough computer models.
Perseus Project
An extensive library of art objects, sites, and buildings. Images are
accompanied by a description of the object and its context. This web
site currently publishes over 15,350 images. The catalogs currently contain
523 coins, 1420 vases, 366 sculptures, 179 sites, and 381 buildings.
Renaissance
and Baroque Architecture
Images and comparative material from a survey course at the
University of Virginia School of Architecture.
Sustainable Architecture: Ecodesign
and Landscaping
Planning, design, integrated architecture and landscaping for tropical,
sub-tropical or temperate climates.
Wright On the Web
Offers a brief overview of Frank Lloyd Wright's career.
Archives of American Art (Smithsonian)
Art Cyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
Includes over 7,000 artists with graphics of important works plus biographical
and related article information.
Art History: Resources on the Web
The Artist's Toolkit:
Visual Elements and Principles
Presents a most interesting way of learning about line, color, space, shape,
balance, and movement/rhythm as an artist.
ArtLex: dictionary
of visual art
Includes not only definitions of art terms, but illustrations and links
to other resources.
Fine Art
Online
Mississippi State University's page of art internet resources.
Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus On Line
Reference tool that offers good online resource to definition and description
of terms relating to art and architecture.
Perseus Project: Art
and Archeology
Ancient World resources of art, buildings, and objects.
World Wide Art Resources
Comprehensive guide to art information on the web.
Artslynx International Dance Resources
Directory of select links on the subject of dance and ballet.
Dance Forms
The New York Public Library page of resources.
Internet Movie Database
Quick access to movie titles with complete summary information.
New York
Times: Movie Reviews
Reviews since 1983.
Instrument Encyclopedia
Includes not only encyclopedia information about any instrument but a glossary
of terms plus graphics.
Musical Genres
Librarians selected collection of music websites divided by genre.
The
Orchestra: a User's Manual
The Philharmonia orchestra offers this introduction to the orchestra,
orchestration, composition, and instruments, using text, quicktime
videos of Philharmonia musicians, audio clips, and "illustrative musical
examples."
Tower Records.com
Although a commercial site, this page offers a great search tool
that could provide answers to music-related inquiries. Includes all types
of music that is searchable by artist, titile, producer, genre, label, and format.
The classical interface is searchable by composer, work, form, conductor, label,
instrument, and format.
The
Wagner Library
Content-filled website about Wagner.
Worldwide Internet
Music Resources (Indiana University)
Well-selected short list of music internet sources covering music history,
musicians, and other related topics.
African Sculpture
Discusses sculpture in Africa and provides images of African sculptures in
various media.
Art Metal
A good resource for metal sculpting. The various links provide not
only examples in sculpture, but jewelry, furniture, etc. Contains a "learning
center" for forging, casting, fabrication, etc.
Contemporary Sculpture
From the Bilhenry Contemporary Art Gallery, examples of heroic, monumental,
human scale, kinetic, suspended, fountain, indoor, figurative, and
site-specific sculpture.
Digital Imaging
Project
Thousands of images of sculpture and architecture from prehistoric to
postmodern. Indexed by artist and architect, historical site, and chronological
period. Notes and multiple views are provided for each work.
International Sculpture Center
Comprehensive collection of resources in the area of sculpture,
including images from galleries all over the world, tips for marketing, biographical
information on sculptors, and examples of their work. Also includes a section
entitled "Computer Lab," dealing with digital sculpture and 3-D
visualization.
Sculpture Parks and Gardens
Links to scores of sculpture parks and gardens.
1200 years of Italian sculpture
Hundreds of images sorted by artists, location, and period. Well organized.
Designing Effective
Oral Presentations
Understanding the Speaking/writing Relationship, Questions You Should Ask,
Oral Presentations 2 (Designing each segment, Choosing a Delivery Style,
Enhancing Audience Comprehension, Using Visual Aids, Practice), and
Presenting to a Multicultural Audience.
Scoring Power Points
Provides guidance in making sure that the presentation technique does not
become a goal in itself, that the presentation enhances and communicates a
larger and deeper body of work and thought. Combines the use of presentation
software with other forms of communication, writing and reporting to persuade,
convince, inform and enlighten.
Virtual
Communication Assistants Site
An set of tutorials which includes the Virtual Presentation
Assistant, the Virtual Meeting Assistant, and the Virtual Interviewing
Assistant, etc. Includes a substantial assemblage of related links,
including numerous archived speeches. The section on conducting
meetings is especially useful.
American Rhetoric
Database of full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public
speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other
recorded media events, and a declaration or two.
Booknotes
The site represents the long-running television show Booknotes.
There are several interesting aspects to the site, but the best is its
collection of transcripts dating back to 1989
Collections
of Speeches
Extensive text -- and in some cases -- audio of
speeches. Speeches are grouped by speaker or subject. Areas included are
history, government, politics, foreign policy, and foreign government, as well
as speeches of a general nature by famous people.
History and Politics Outloud
Searchable multimedia database documenting
and delivering authoritative audio relevant to American history and
politics. Also includes transcripts.
Speech and Transcript
Center
Very comprehensive and varied collection
of speeches, television and radio transcripts, links, etc. in text, audio,
streaming media, and other formats. Contains very recent and archival material.
Speeches by Women
Text-searchable archive of speeches by women.
World's Famous Orations
(Williams Jennings Bryan/1906)
A timeless collection.