Links for the Visual and Performing Arts
from El Dorado High School Library
The sites listed here are intended to be a starting place for research. Many are gateways to other sites on the Internet. They have been selected specifically to support the curriculum at EDHS.
You may go directly to any of these sections:
Art Resources |
Music | Dance
| Drama
Glass Art Websites - to get you
started...
Rainbow Glass - Find
supplies, class schedules, and links to information about artists.
Rainbow Glass - Find
supplies, class schedules, and links to information about artists.
Arrow Springs - "From
glass, tools and supplies, to books, videos and all the knowledgeable
help you'll ever need."
Glass Art Photo Gallery
- GlassArtists.org is a free online photo gallery where glass
artists can display photos of their art.
International Guild of Glass Artists
"The International Guild of Glass Artists, Inc. is
an international non-profit association of artists, artisans and
craftspeople who work with glass as a crafts and art medium.
Reference. Bartleby.com
"...combines the best of both contemporary and classic
reference works into the most comprehensive public reference
library ever published on the web."
National Gallery of Art
Visit America's art gallery "created in 1937 for the people
of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress."
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
"In addition to presenting more than 3,500 objects from
its collection and its Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan
Museum of Art offers two research opportunities directly on
this Web site."
ArtLex on Mesopotamian Art
Learn about anciant Mesopotamian artifacts. This is the place to find cylinder seals.
Guggenheim Museum
Choose a directory from the menu on the left side of the
screen to view works in the collection sorted by artist, title
of work, date, movement, medium, or concept. There is also
a search feature. When using it choose "Shortcut" if you want
to go directly to the page most relevant to the word you entered.
Choose "Full search" if you would prefer to see a list of
every page on this site that contains that word.
Artcyclopedia
"A comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds
of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources."
1200 arts sites are indexed, with more than 32,000 links to
an estimated 100,000 works by 7,500 renowned artists. The
Artcyclopedia's custom search engine is a fast way to search
the Net for information about fine artists.
Art
and Culture - Visual Arts
"At ArtandCulture.com, information on the visual arts, performing
arts, design, literature, music and film is presented using
the web's first interconnected guide to the arts."
Leonardo da Vinci
A really fun site packed with information. You will even
find interactive and multimedia areas here.
World Wide Arts Resources
"gateway for online arts information: artists, museums,
galleries, quality art, art history, arts education, antiques,
dance, theater, and more... discover the largest collection
of original art online!"
Google
Directory
Google's directory offers links to sites on all of the major
art movements in history. Also included are timelines, images,
and other art resources.
Spanish Arts
This site will link you to the Museum of "El Prado", "Reina
Sofia" National Museum, and information on "New Spanish Artists."
Included are biographical information and examples of the
artists work.
WebMuseum:Famous
Art Works Exhibition
Search the index of artists, the themes index, or check
the glossary for definitions of art periods and terms.
Vincent van Gogh
Gallery
A comprehensive Van Gogh resource containing works and
letters as well as criticism and analysis of his work.
The
Cave of Lascaux
Take a virtual tour of the famous French Cave of Lascaux.
This fascinating site has been selected for use by Mrs. Verner's
Art Classes.
Leonardo da Vinci
The Museum of Science presents "Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist,
Inventor, Artist" in an interactive virtual tour.
Light and Dark
"Understanding form in 3d is the key to great painting and
drawing (or if you're a 3-D artist, modeling)." This tutorial
will help you practice "seeing in basic forms" and
using light and shadow to create perspective.
Portrait
Art Tutorials
"This is a portrait art tutorial site, with lessons on sketching
and drawing faces, tutorials on digital art, an overview of
art and drawing techniques, art supplies, book recommendations,
anatomy, and much more."
Drawing
Faces and Caricatures Made Easy
"Read about artist’s tricks and twists for drawing faces,
caricatures, and portraits; What do artist's have that you
don't - and how do you get it? See how drawing and caricature
art is truly within your grasp"
- Essentials
of Music
- "Whether you're a casual listener or a serious music student,
here's the site for basic information about classical music.
Created in cooperation with W.W. Norton & Company, it's built
around Essential Classics, the series specially designed to
introduce you to the best music of every period. All through
the site you'll find almost 200 excerpts from Essential Classics."
- All Music
Guide
- Explains the different styles of popular music, from bluegrass
and country to gospel and rock. Includes essays and background
information on the styles, performers and other aspects of
popular music. Includes a glossary, discographies, and "music
maps" which trace the development of various styles, with
a nice "decades" listing section.
- Andante
Music Reference Collection
- A number of reference works related to classical music.
Includes: Concise Grove Dictionary of Music, Compositions
Database (comprehensive list of over 180,000 classical compositions),
New York Review of Books (classical music coverage from 1963,
Full-Text), Einaudi Encyclopedia of Music, The New Kobbé's
Opera Book, Music In Print, and "an interactive chronology
covering a thousand years of music and world history."
- Performing
Arts Collections: American Memory at the Library Of Congress
- Many primary source materials are available here, including
sheet music, song sheets, sound files and recordings of songs,
images and films. They are organized into a number of separate
collections, devoted to areas such as: California Gold: Northern
California Folk Music from the Thirties; Dayton C. Miller
Flute Collection; Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax
1939 Southern States Recording Trip; Historic American Sheet
Music, 1850-1920; America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song
Sheets, and many more!
- Yahoo!
Musical Performers and Artists
- A good place to start when looking for information about
people and groups in various styles of music. Includes classical,
church and musical theater resources, too.
- This Day
in Rock & Roll History
- People and events of Rock & Roll History are listed day
by day. You can also request a particular date to see what
happened.
- Sheet
Music Collections
- This site contains a set of links to online sheet music
collections; a great support site for an interdisciplinary
music/social studies lessons.
- Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
-
EBSCO Host - Use the Student Research Center to find biographies, articles, photos, and much more about either Ginger Rogers or Fred Astaire.
Ginger Rogers Official Website - The official biography.
Ginger
Rogers at Reel Classics - Information about her films, as
well as some of her famous quotes.
Ginger
Rogers - StreetSwing Dance History Archives - Background
information and photos.
Fred Astaire Biography - Note: the biographical information on this site begins after the Google Ads.
Fred Astaire at Reel Classics - Information about his life, films, and lots of photos.
- The
Electric Ballerina
- "Learn more about ballet (or just have fun!) by downloading
these computer-generated simulations of steps and positions.
You'll need the Macintosh or Windows versions of Apple Computer's
QuickTime software components."
- Sapphire Swan
Dance Directory
- "The goal of the Sapphire Swan Dance Directory is to provide
links to the best dance resources available on the Web. Dance
pages are organized by dance style and by several other categories.
The Dance Directory provides links to three kinds of dance
web sites: 1) sites that have good collections of links, usually
in a specialized area of dance, 2) sites that include information
about an area of dance, and 3) selected sites of dance organizations
and individual dancers."
- Dance Magazine
- Find stories, reviews, interviews, and an opportunity to
"ask the experts" in this e-zine.
- @URL Internet
Arts Resources
- "This hotlist makes links to a representative sample of
dance resources on the World Wide Web. The megasites listed
below are the places where you'll find links to ALL the dance
resources that are known."
- Alvin Ailey
Dance Theater
- "Promoting the uniqueness of black cultural expression
and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern
dance heritage."
- Ballroom
Dancers.com - Learning Center
- Learn ballroom dance steps, find technical tips, a dictionary,
glossary, and more.
- Ballet
Vocabulary - Twirlmania
- An alphabetical listing of ballet terms with pronunciations
and definitions.
- Ballet
Vocabulary
- Find terms and their definitions along with a pronunciation
key.
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- The official site of the festival shows the playbill, schedules,
a visitors guide, and even job opportunities.
- WWW Virtural Library -
Theater and Drama
- "Here you will find pointers to resources in more than
50 countries around the world, for professionals, amateurs,
academics and students of all ages."
- Artslynx International
Theatre Resources
- "Artslynx is especially designed to provide the most efficient
navigation to valuable information for the student, scholar,
educator, and researcher in the arts. There is no advertising
on Artslynx, no pop-up windows; no mega-graphics to slow things
down, just information, organized in the most accessible way
possible."
- Great
Drama Links
- "Here are some wonderful resources for your classroom or
production work"
- Theater Arts Research Guides at MIT Libraries
- Collection of links to theater and performing arts sites. Covers everything from history to costume and design.
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