Art & Music Sites

Art

Art History Resources
Find links to art history resources on the web.

FineArt Forum
Alphabetical listing of art museums and art history links.

Mother of All Art History
Links to all types of art resources.

Web Gallery of Art
This searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods includes information on over 7,300 reproductions.

Cranbrook Art Museum
Collection of contemporary art.

Detroit Institute of Arts
Fifth largest fine arts museum in the United States, with over 60,000 works in over 100 galleries.

The Louvre
Visit one of the most famous museums in Europe without leaving the country. Take a virtual tour through nine galleries, read about the history of the Louvre, and learn more about famous works of art.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Explore 5,000 years of art at this magnificent art museum.

National Gallery of Art
Locate works of art by artist, title, subject, style, school, creation date or medium.

Smithsonian Art Museum
Browse through over 4,000 works of art, or look at this month's feature. Searchable by artist, title of work, subject, and object.

Architecture

Architecture.com
This website provides links to 1,000 architectural websites. Pictures of beautiful buildings along with the name of the architect, date built, and other pertinent details make this especially useful.

Chicago Athenaeum Museum
The official website for this Museum of Architecture and Design.

Great Buildings
This site offers links to famous structures, providing information about each structure and its architect.

Schools of Architecture
This is the Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture website. Information for students, including design competitions and a list of architecture schools.

WorldWide Architecture
Listings of architectural firms, history of architecture, architecture publications, and much more.

Music

All Music
This comprehensive site includes music of all genres giving detailed biographies, discographies, song tracks in an album, and album ratings.

Amazon
Searchable site for CDs can be done by genre or category, includes music clips.

Classical Music
Information on 444 classical composers, arranged in ways that help the user identify musical works with characteristics allied to one's already-existing interests.

International Lyrics Server
Comprehensive archive of lyrics searchable by artist, album and song.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Music resource links can be searched for individual musicians and groups, composers and composition, genres and types of music, or for music journals and magazines.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Information on the DSO, tickets, concert dates, also includes a history of Orchestra Hall.

Macomb Center for the Performing Arts
Includes calendar of events, series and box office information as well as volunteer and employment opportunities.

Meadow Brook
Includes history of Meadow Brook, profiles of performers, schedule of events and ticket information.

Michigan Opera Theatre and Michigan Opera House
Information on the opera season, tickets, tours and volunteer opportunities.

Musical Instruments

Brass Resources
Many links of interest to brass players.

GuitarPlaying.com
This site has everything from lessons and equipment reviews to interviews with famous guitarists.

MHN Instrument Encyclopedia
Divided into useful sections, this site features musical instruments, including percussion, string, wind, and electronic from around the world.

Musicians News
Comprehensive magazines for all musicians.

Woodwind Information
Comprehensive site for woodwind players. Offers fingerings, Q & As, and links to related sites.

Performing Arts

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Event calendar, visitor services, education and outreach, and special programs.
Performing Arts Links
Links to worldwide film festivals, theater departments, plays and playwrights, and reviews.

Playbill
This site is for theatre buffs and actors interested in learning more about a play, a theatre, where to audition, and play listings for Broadway, regional tours, national tours, and the London Theatre.

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