Web
Resources
Art & Performing Arts
ArtCyclopedia
www.artcyclopedia.com
Brief descriptions of art periods
arthistory.about.com/?once=true&
C. Witcombe page of art history
links
witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Art History Resources on the Web: The Arts of Africa
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHafrica.html
information and resource links on African art
Art History Resources on the Web: Baroque Art
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHbaroque.html#Baroque
Links to sites about 17th Century Baroque Art
Art on the Web
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html
see section on Baroque Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/baro/hd_baro.htm
overview of the Baroque period in the city of Rome
Rembrandt House
http://www.channels.nl/amsterdam/remhuis.html
Rembrandt’s house in Amsterdam, includes virtual tour and collection overview
“Mother of all art history
pages”
www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/
Smithsonian African Art and Design
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/Art_and_Design/AfricanArt.htm
online exhibits from the Smithsonian’s African art collection
ArtLex on African-American art
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/african_american_1.html
history and examples of African-American art
Selected African-American artists at the National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggafamer/ggafamer-main1.html
Diego Rivera Virtual Web Museum
http://www.diegorivera.com/index.php
links to murals and biography of Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera Mural Project
http://www.riveramural.com/
City College of San Francisco site devoted to Rivera’s mural Pan American Unity.
Frida Kahlo's House Museum
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/grandall/grfridamuseo.html
site is in Spanish, about Frida’s home.
Frida Kahlo
http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/htgmonth/hispanic/hispanic2001.htm
Notes on a Life: archives of American Art at the Smithsonian
Museum of Latin American Art
http://www.molaa.org/
website for the MoLAA in Long Beach, CA
South America, 1900 A.D. to Present
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/11/sa/ht11sa.htm
Metropolitan Museum of Art Time Line
Voice of the Shuttle/Art History
vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2707
Art Crimes
http://www.graffiti.org
Site dedicated to graffiti documentation, provides photos of national and international artwork.
@149st
http://www.at149st.com/
Another great graffiti site, including photos, history and crew profiles and dozens of useful links.
Media and Communications Studies Site
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/sections/image.html
Collection of web links on a variety of visual image topics
Aesthetics and Visual Culture
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/aesthetics/
Collection of web links on topics relating to visual culture
Photography Museum/History
www.photographymuseum.com
Architecture on the Web
http://www.vitruvio.ch/
a portal site to architectural resources on the web
Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
collection of architecture resources concerning specific buildings, architects, and places
Digital Archive of Amer. Arch.
http://www.bc.edu./bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/contents.html
emphasis on New England architectural styles; hosted by Boston College
Architecture Internet Resources
http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html
architecture and building web resources by topic, maintained by University of Nevada
Theatre History
www.theatrehistory.com
Aisle Say Boston Reviews
http://www.aislesay.com/MA-Index.html
internet magazine of stage reviews and opinion on recent theatrical openings
Theatre Central
http://www.playbill.com/theatrecentral/sites/
directory of theatre links and information, maintained by Playbill Online
Voice of the Shuttle: Literature-Drama
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2744
website for humanities research with links to drama sites and reference sources
PBS/Great Performances/Dance
www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/
ArtsLynx International Arts Dance Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/dance/
links to dance-related sites organized by type of dance and other topics
Society of Dance History Scholars
http://www.sdhs.org/
not-for-profit organization promoting study and discussion of dance history
Voice of the Shuttle: Dance
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3640
website for humanities research with links to drama sites and reference sources
Guide to Dance Resources
http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/Dance/internet.htm
dance resources organized by topic by the Dance Dept. at the Univ. of Wisconsin
Arts and entertainments listings and reviews:
- Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/ae/
- Boston Phoenix http://www.bostonphoenix.com/
- Boston Magazine http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts_entertainment/index.html
Local performing arts organizations:
- American Repertory Theater http://www.amrep.org/
- Huntington Theatre http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/
- Boston Ballet http://www.bostonballet.org/
