BiGlinks - Arts and Music

Arts and Music

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Dance

Ballet And Dance: A directory of ballet and dance resources with links to everything related to dance.
Dance On Line: Concentrates on contemporary dance.

Provides information on Oscars present, past and future.
The All-Movie Guide: Offers over 131,000 films to search, with ratings, synopses, etc.
Internet Movie Database: Excellent source for information on movie stars, movie reviews, directors, composers, writers, costumes and much more. It is one of the most comprehensive movie databases on the Internet and it covers over 170,000 movies. It also provides information on television series.
Directory of Film and Media Fan Sites: 18,000 sites related to movies, TV, video, radio, and other media. Search or browse by categories. From the American Film Institute.
Movie Guide in Theaters: Includes reviews, cast, and credits for over 35,000 movies released in the U.S. and biographical information on thousands of actors, directors, screenwriters, etc. It includes, among other features the Motion Picture Guide and Ephraim Katz's Film Encyclopedia online.
Motion Pictures Reviews: Offers the full text of Robert Ebert’s reviews back to 1995. Can be searched by title, name, year or rating.

All-Music Guide: An excellent reference source for information on popular music and musicians, with many reviews of works included. It has a search engine that allows searching by artist, album title or song title.
ClassicalNet: Lists works, composers, recommended CD's, and selected reviews by various reviewers.
Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers: Provides biographical information on the world's greatest composers, searchable by name of historical period.
International Lyrics Server: Search 62,000 lyrics from a database of more than 130,000 songs. Lyrics may be searched by song title, album title, or artist. Lyrics are copyright protected and cannot be printed or downloaded. Check technical requirements.

Eonline!: The home of E! Entertainment Network. Provides celebrities news, views, gossip, etc.
Mr Showbiz: A good information source for TV programs and stars.
PBS Online: Contains TV schedules, information on different programs. In addition this site provides a separate area for kids and another for teachers.
TV Guide Online: Offers two weeks of program listings by zip code.
CultureFinder: Online Address for the Arts: This is a general guide to the arts. It covers Theater, Classical Music and Opera, Visual Arts, Dance and Film.

On Broadway: An excellent source of information on Broadway plays and musicals with links to theater related websites.
Performing Arts: An excellent meta-listing of performing arts sites.
Playbill Online: Has links to most theater resources on the Internet.
Tony Awards: The official site of the Tony Awards.

Digital Archive of American Architecture: An overview of the history of American architecture, beginning with the earliest colonial structures. Includes alphabetical lists of architects and styles with definitions and related links.
Great Buildings Online: Includes over 750 buildings all over the world. Each building has construction date, location, building type and other fields, all searchable. Many buildings have photos online.

Comic Book Resources: An excellent resource site for comic book links.
The Ultimate Disney Links Page: A directory of links to Disney sites on the Web.

Clip Art Search Engine

http://www.pedagonet.com/clipart/clipart.eht

Searches HotBot, Lycos, Filez, and AltaVista for graphics.

Web Clip Art (About.com)

http://webclipart.about.com

An annotated directory for locating clip art on the Net.

Arts and CraftsShows: A list of over 2000 arts and crafts shows, festivals, and fairs for the upcoming year, searchable by date or geographical location. Provides name of show, location, and date.

Artchive: Collections of works of over 200 artists with hyperlinked criticism. Also links to major art resources on the net.
Artcyclopedia: Subtitled "The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet," this is an index to the online exhibits of a broad number of artists. It concentrates mainly on painting and sculpture.
Artists Index from the WebMuseum: Provides biographical information and allows viewing of representative works for a wide variety of artists.
AskART.com
http://www.askart.com/: "The Artists Bluebook" is a database of over 25,000 North American artists. Information includes aution results, images, book and periodical bibliographies, museum holdings, and brief biographies. Search by name or browse categories and directories. Post information or sign up for email updates on artists.
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums: Based in Oxford, England, this is a breathtakingly complete list of links supported by the International Council of Museums, and features an "eclectic collection of WWW services connected with museums, galleries and archives."
World Wide Arts Resources: A directory of art sites with more than 3000 categories. It includes museums, galleries, antiques, commercial arts, art resources, festivals, etc.
Artlex: An art dictionary with "definitions of more than 3,100 terms used in visual culture, along with thousands of images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references."

Photo Resource Magazine: Includes photography news, product reports, list of Internet sources and a glossary of photographic terms.
Photo tips from the New York Institute of Photography: Who is this site for? It's for anyone who loves photography and wants to take better photographs.
Kodak: Provides information on photography techniques with examples and tutorials for photographers from Kodak.