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GENERAL
Voice of the Shuttle: web site for humanities research
"Its mission has been to provide a structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources that at once respects the established humanities disciplines in their professional organization and points toward the transformation of those disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences and with new digital media. VoS emphasizes both primary and secondary (or theoretical) resources, and defines its audience as people who have something to learn from a higher-education, professional approach to the humanities (which in practice has included students and instructors from the elementary school, high school, and general population sectors)."
ARCHITECTURE
Digital Archive of American Architecture
"An online archive of images of American architecture from 1620 to the present." Search by time period, location, style, or architect.
Frank Lloyd Wright
"PBS Frank Lloyd Wright Web site, a companion to the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick film, contains biographical information, drawings and blueprints, analysis of parallel architectural movements, critical reviews, and lesson plans centered around America's most famous architect."
Great Buildings Online
"More than 750 great buildings from around the world and across history are listed and illustrated at this web site, with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, architect info, and also live 3D models and digital video clips. Search by building, architect, or style."
ART
Artcyclopedia
Locate paintings online by browsing alphabetically or searching by artist's name.
Art Historians' Guide to the Movies
"The Art Historians' Guide to the Movies is a record of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies."
Art History Resources on the Web
Browse by time period or geographic location. Find information about artists, movements, and individual pieces of art from prehistoric times to the 20th century.
National Gallery of Art
"Text and/or data on all of the more than 108,000 objects in the National Gallery's collection can be found using various search capabilities. Images of more than 5,600 objects in the collection and approximately 11,800 related details are available."
Web Gallery of Art
"The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 13,900 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available. Guided tours, free postcard and other services are provided for the visitors."
World Wide Arts Resources
"World Wide Arts Resources offers the only definitive, interactive gateway to all exemplars of qualitative arts information and culture on the Internet. Artists, museums, galleries, art history, arts education, antiques, performing arts ranging from dance to opera, classified ads, resume postings, arts chat, discussion forums and more can be can be accessed."
DANCE
American Ballet Theatre- Ballet Dictionary
Alphabetical listing of ballet terminology. In some instances, you may be able to view an example of the dance term.
Cyber Dance
"This is a collection of over 3,500 links to classical ballet and modern dance resources on the Internet."
Sapphire Swan Dance Directory
Directory of dance resources on the internet. Over thirty different dance styles are listed.
Tap Dance
Includes categories such as "Tap Steps", "Tap in Film", "Who's Who in Tap", "Trivia and Activism", and much more.
MUSIC
African-American Sheet Music from Brown University
"This collection consists of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. The collection includes many songs from the heyday of antebellum black face minstrelsy in the 1850s and from the abolitionist movement of the same period."
AMG- All Music Guide
Contains music styles, maps, and articles. Find out the latest information including reviews, release dates, and songs/tracks. View biographies and lists of similar/related artists.
Choral Public Domain Library
"The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is the largest website devoted exclusively to free choral sheet music. Begun in December 1998, the site has over 250 contributors and 6,000 scores.
Free Sheet Music Directory
Directory that includes 1227 Free sheet music sites.
Historic American Sheet Music
"The Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of 3042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920."
Musipedia
". . . Searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes."
MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE
Digital Librarian: Mythology
Online resources relating to mythology compiled by a librarian.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Includes mythologies from many cultures. Once you select an area's mythology, a list of popular characters is presented alphabetically. You can also search by keyword.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Full text tales including folklore, fables, mythology, and stories.
PHILOSOPHY
Erratic Impact
"Categorized by history, subject and author, this meta-index features thousands of annotated links, text resources and community services for students and teachers in the field of philosophy."
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"Articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy are currently from three sources (1) original contributions by specialized philosophers around the internet, (2) adaptations of material written by the editors for classroom purposes, and (3) adaptations from public domain sources (typically from two or more sources for per article)." Can be searched by keyword and includes timeline.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"Dynamic" encyclopedia designed to reflect new research in philosophy. " . . . Each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field."
PHOTOGRAPHY
American Museum of Photography
Online exhibits. Preservation of photographs. Early photographic processes.
Masters of Photography
Articles, photographs, and links for great photographers including Ansel Adams and Robert Capa.
AWARDS, MUSEUMS & ORGANIZATIONS
Museum of Online Museums
"Here you will find links from our archives to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions: Start with a review of classic art and architecture, and graduate to the study of mundane (and sometimes bizarre) objects elevated to art by their numbers, juxtaposition, or passion of the collector."
National Endowment for the Humanities
A "federal agency that supports learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities... funding research, education, museum exhibitions, documentaries, preservation, and activities in the states."
Smithsonian Institute
Select digital collections for online exhibits. General information about the Smithsonian Institute libraries.