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  • Renaissance Electronic Texts

    A series of old-spelling editions of English Renaissance books and manuscripts, and of plain transcriptions of such works, published on the World Wide Web.

  • Renaissance Festival Books

    "View 253 digitised Renaissance festival books (selected from over 2,000 in the British Library's collection) that describe the magnificent festivals and ceremonies that took place in Europe between 1475 and 1700."

  • Renaissance Forum

    A twice-yearly interdisciplinary journal in early-modern English literary and historical scholarship, from March 1996 to the present. Each issue contains 3-4 articles, 5-6 book reviews. The journal is keyword searchable, with indexes.

  • Renascence Editions

    An online repository of works printed in English between the years 1477 and 1799, including full-text editions of Shakespeare and Spenser.

  • Renaud Baret, Catherine

    Born in France

  • Representative Poetry On-line

    Includes 3,162 English poems by 500 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work of living poets today.

  • Resource Bibliography for the Study of African-American Children's Literature

    Bibliography from the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

  • Resource Pages for Biblical Studies

    Presents serious, scholarly studies of early Christian writings and their social world.

  • Resources for Catholic Educators

    "Links, lesson plans, clip art, coloring pages,crossword puzzles, newsletterfor Catholic catechists,teachers, DREs, parents and all involvedin the education of the faith."

  • Resources for the Study of Buddhism

    Links to general and specialized Buddhist resources, including material on Zen, Chinese Buddhism, Yogacara Buddhism, and various Buddhist sutras.

  • Ressourcen fur die klassische Philologie im Internet

    Guide (in German) to many European Classics websites.

  • Revealer: A Daily Look Review of Religion and the PRess

    "The Revealer is a daily review of religion in the news and the news about religion."

  • Rhetoric and Composition

    Lists a variety of resources useful to rhetoricians.

  • Rhetorica

    "The Rhetorica Network offers analysis and commentary about the rhetoric, propaganda, and spin of journalism andpolitics, including analysis of presidential speeches and election campaigns. This site features the Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal web log, Presidential Campaign Rhetoric 2004, comprehensive news media links, a rhetoric textbook, a primer of critical techniques, and information for voters. The character of Rhetorica represents the purposes and canonsof classical rhetoric."

  • Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

    Developed by the legendary Harry Callahan, photography programs have a proud history at RISD. The department offers courses of study leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Photography.

  • Rist, Pipilotti

    Born 1962 in Switzerland

  • Robin Hood Project

    A database of texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information about the Robin Hood stories and other outlaw texts.

  • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

    RIT offers the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in imaging arts emphasizing a broad interpretation of photography as an art form. It is rooted in the belief that the study of imaging as a fine art can be enhanced by the study of imaging as an applied art, as a liberal art and as a technical art.

  • Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Missoula, Montana

    RMSP provides high quality, up-to-date photography education for students, and strives for teaching excellence founded on our deep passion for photography.

  • Rodin Museum of Art, Philadelphia
  • Romancing the Indian: Sentimentalizing and Demonizing in Cooper and Twain

    Critical analysis of the depiction of Native Americans in James Fenimore Cooper and Mark Twain.

  • Romantic Circles

    Devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.

  • Romantic Circles Praxis Series

    Website "devoted to using computer technologies to investigate critically the languages, cultures, histories, and theories of Romanticism."

  • Romanticism On the Net

    An international refereed electronic journal devoted to British Romantic studies.

  • Roots of English Dictionary

    A free, downloadable software package that "will help you find the Greek and Latin roots of thousands of words in the English language. . .the hypertext links make it fast and easy to use. The Dictionary also contains background on the history of English and details on the sources of individual words."

  • Rosetta Project: Building a Near Permanent Archive of 1,000 Languages

    "Fifty to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no significant documentation." This site currently archives more than 1200 language samples, descriptions, texts, analytic materials and audio files and is searchable by language, family tree, or country.

  • Rosler, Martha

    Born in United States

  • Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England

    This magnificent collection of over 150,000 photographs, books, items of equipment and other unique material, covers the whole evolution of photography and the variety of photographic processes, illustrated by the work of such early pioneers as Talbot, Fenton, Cameron and Robinson.

  • Russian Photo Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    The Museum owns over 120,000 negatives, pictures and a collection of cameras.

  • SAC Lit Web Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature Index

    Numerous links to English Literature websites covering the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century.

  • SAC LitWeb

    Links to chronologies, outlines, and other resources. From San Antonio College.

  • SAC LitWeb Outline of Classical Literature

    Links to texts, commentaries, and other resources.

  • Saganet

    Icelandic medieval literature: images of books and manuscripts published before 1901. Available in English and Icelandic interfaces.

  • Sagnaneti? : Icelandic Medieval Literature

    Images of books and manuscripts published before 1901. "The material will consist of the entire range of Icelandic family sagas. It will also include a very large portion of Germanic/Nordic mythology (the Eddas), the history of Norwegian kings, contemporary sagas and tales from the European age of chivalry. A great number of manuscripts contain Icelandic ballads, poetry or epigrams. These Collections are kept in The National and University Library of Iceland, The Arni Magnusson Institute in Iceland and in the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University. All manuscripts, on vellum and paper, and printed editions and translations of the Sagas as well as relevant critical studies published before 1900 will be included and available through the Internet."

  • Salon.com: Books

    Daily book reviews, interviews with writers, and a weekly list of reading recommendations by celebrated authors. Subscription requred.

  • Samizdat

    An electronic journal of poetry and reviews. Published three times a year.

  • San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, California

    Founded in 1974, SFCAMERAWORK encourages emerging and mid-career artists to explore new directions in photography and related media by fostering creative forms of expression that push existing boundaries.

  • San Francisco Institute of Art, San Francisco, California

    Pursuing a career as an artist is a significant and exciting decision. The San Francisco Art Institutes focus on skills, experimentation, and active dialogue make it a perfect place to explore and emerge as the artist you want to become.

  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
  • Santa Fe Photographic & Digital Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    The Santa Fe Workshops is committed to providing a nurturing, positive, challenging, and experiential photographic and digital environment in which imagemakers of all skill levels, ages, and nationalities can explore and achieve their potential.

  • Sarkisian, Peter

    Born 1965 in United States

  • Scher, Julia

    Born 1954 in United States

  • Schneemann, Carolee

    Born 1939 in United States

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    The photography department is continually redefining "fine art photography" in an expanding and openly creative way. The department relates to all the other areas in the School in an atmosphere of cross-fertilization and evolution.

  • School Of Visual Arts
  • School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

    SVA offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Photography.

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Book List Site

    "This site is a comprehensive bibliography of science-fiction and fantasy authors and their books. The database also contains links to official and fan sites of various authors where they exist. Updated monthly with the latest books and new authors. . ."

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database

    "An online index to over 60,000 historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy and horror." Can be searched by author, title, imprint, or subject.

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (SFWA)

    This is the site of "one of the most effective non-profit writers' organizations in existence. Over 1200 sf and fantasy writers, artists, editors, and allied professionals aremembers."

  • Science Fiction Resource Guide

    This diverse directory of science fiction sites includes art and artists, authors, awards, comics, animation, conventions, costuming, magazines and e-zines, fandom, movies, music, television, and more.

  • Scope Art Show

    Established in 2002 and held in Basel, Hamptons, London, Miami and New York Scopes mission is to broaden the art world by presenting cutting-edge contemporary art and emerging culture.

  • Secular Student Alliance

    "Mobilizing students for a new Enlightenment."

  • Secular Coalition for America

    "The Secular Coalition for America is a new lobbying organization whose purpose is to amplify the diverse and growing voice of the nontheistic community in the United States."

  • Secular Web

    An educational nonprofit organization whose "adopted mission is to defend andpromote metaphysical naturalism, the view that our natural world is all that there is, a closed system in no need of an explanation and sufficient unto itself. To that end we publish the very best secular books, essays, papers,articles and reviews."

  • Selected Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance

    Bibliographic guide offering primary and secondary sources.

  • Semiotics

    Directory of links grouped according to categories which include: Primers, Resources, Corollary Sites, Conferences, General Readings, Critical Theorists, and Communication Theory. From the University of Colorado at Denver School of Education.

  • Semiotics for Beginners

    A guide to semiotics from the perspective of media studies. Contains a number of relevant links.

  • Sense of Cinema, Victoria, Australia

    An online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema. We believe cinema is an art that can take many forms, from the industrially-produced blockbuster to the hand-crafted experimental work.

  • SF Hub: for science fiction research

    "The SF Hub is based on the wealth of research resources in the Science Fiction Collections of The University of Liverpool's Special Collections and Archives, including the renowned Science Fiction Foundation Collection. Our advanced search tools will enable you to find the resources you need amongst the extensive collections of books, journals, fiction magazines, fanzines, journal articles and archives at Liverpool University."

  • SFFWORLD.COM

    With more than 10.000 pages of Science Fiction and Fantasy related content, this site features stories, articles, book reviews, excerpts and synopses, author interviews and profiles, television and movie reviews, and discussion forums.

  • Shadow Magazine

    Original issues of the Shadow Magazine in zipped-text format.

  • Shakers and Shakerism--A Research Guide

    A select annotated bibliography from the New York Public Library's Humanities and Social Sciences Library.

  • Shakespeare Authorship

    A site championing Shakespeare as the author of the plays.

  • Shakespeare Authorship Page

    Links to scholarly articles and essays "Dedicated to the Proposition that Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare."

  • Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

    Histories of the houses associated with Shakespeare and his family. A biographical section covers his life, family, history, and schooling.

  • Shakespeare Examined Through Performance

    During the 1995-96 academic year a group of sixteen college teachers participated in the the Folger Institute,"Shakespeare Examined Through Performance." This site presents a compilation of teaching and staging exercises developed during that program.

  • Shakespeare Illustrated

    This site "explores nineteenth-century paintings, criticism and productions of Shakespeare's plays and their influences on one another."

  • Shakespeare Illustrations

    An exhibition of illustrated Shakespeare editions from Washington University in St. Louis

  • Shakespeare in Europe--Metasite

    University of Basel (in Switzerland) site organizes conferences and seves as a resource for european Shakespeare studies. Includes such topics as Reanissance life and history contemporary texts theatre/film studies and adaptations music education popular Shakespeare uses/adaptations criticism.

  • Shakespeare in Performance

    A bibliography of printed materials.

  • Shakespeare in Quarto

    British Librarys digitized versions of 93 copies of the 21 plays by Shakespeare printed in quarto. Site includes background material, links and references, and a study of how the plays have been changed in print and performance.

  • Shakespeare Institute

    Research and post-graduate center at the University of Birmingham.

  • Shakespeare Magazine Online

    Selected articles available online from this magazine "for teachers and enthusiasts".

  • Shakespeare Mystery

    Site based on a recent PBS Frontline program which explores the authorship question in an impartial fashion.

  • Shakespeare Online
  • Shakespeare Oxford Society

    A site championing Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), as the author of the works.

  • Shakespeare's Globe Research Database

    "This site, sponsored by the University of Reading (UK), is dedicated to providing background information on Shakespearean performance in original conditions. Centred around the construction of a replica of the Globe playhouse in London, it includes pagesdevoted to the original Globe and other playhouses in Early Modern London, reports and photographic documentaries on reconstruction and performances at the New Globe, and also some practical information. These pages form part of the Renaissance Texts Research Centre's support to the Globe project, which won it a Queen's Anniversary Award for Further Education in 1998."

  • Shakespeare's Life and Times

    This site is divided into ten "books", each of which in turn is divided into "chapters." Categories include: Shakespeare's life The stage Society History and politics The background of ideas The drama Literature, art, and music Some plays explored Reference and indexes.

  • Shakespeare's School

    Site of the King Edward VI School in Stratford.

  • Shakespearean Prompt-Books of the Seventeenth Century

    "These works are studies of the stage texts used in various seventeenth-century performances of Shakespeare's plays. G. Blakemore Evans has identified the different manuscript hands that annotate the prompt-books and compared the cuttings with other eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Shakespearean stage texts. Thus, the collection provides an opportunity to examine Shakespearean performance traditions and innovations."

  • Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China

    Established in 1997, the fair has become a landmark event for cultural exchange acting as a bridge to guide the public in collecting art.

  • Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai, China

    Founded in 1996, the biennial presents the work of Chinese and international artists under the direction of rotating curatorial teams.

  • Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    Founded in 1993, the biennial presents various attempts in visual arts and film that address the growing social, political and environmental challenges the world is facing due to excessive urban development, pollution, political ambitions, and the thoughtless misuse, abuse and exhaustion of natural resources.

  • Sikhism

    Introduction to Sikhism and Sikh history, culture, and philosophy.

  • Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric

    "This online rhetoric, provided by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University, is a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric. Sometimes it is difficult to see the forest (the big picture) of rhetoric because of the trees (the hundreds of Greek and Latin terms naming figures of speech, etc.) within rhetoric. This site is intended to help beginners, as well as experts, make sense of rhetoric, both on the small scale (definitions and examples of specific terms)and on the large scale (the purposes of rhetoric, the patterns into which it has fallen historically as it has been taught and practiced for 2000+ years)."

  • Silver, Shelly

    Born 1957 in United States

  • Singapore Biennial, Singapore

    Founded in 2006, the biennial is an exhibition of contemporary art organized by the National Arts Council of Singapore.

  • Sisters in Crime

    "Sisters in Crime is an international organization of writers, readers, booksellers, librarians, agents, editors, reviewers and teachers interested in promoting the work of women mystery writers."

  • SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Founded in 1995 the primary mission of the biennial is to give independent curators the freedom to present unique international exhibitions within the context of our museum that incorporate site-specific projects that may otherwise be difficult to execute in larger institutions.

  • Sites of Significance for Semiotics

    Provides links to relevant online resources.

  • Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)

    Guide to English literature of the Renaissance, including relevant links.

  • Skeptiseum: the Skeptical Museum of the Paranormal

    "Supernatural, paranormal and pseudoscientific beliefs proliferate worldwide. This virtual museum includes descriptions and images of artifacts and souvenirs associated with such beliefs from around the world."

  • Skulptur Projekte Munster, Munster, Germany

    Initiated in 1977 by Kasper Konig, this international exhibition showcases site-specific sculptural works every ten years.

  • Slope

    Quarterly online journal of criticism, interviews, and poetry from around the world.

  • Small Spiral Notebook

    Features fiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, art and photography.

  • Smith, Jessie Wilcox

    The Water-Babies online exhibit at the Library of Congress.

  • Smith, Michael

    Born 1951 in United States

  • Smithsonian Archives of American Art

    "The Archives of American Art, founded in 1954 and a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution since 1970, provides researchers with access to the largestcollection of documents on the history of the visual arts in the United States."

  • Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

    The Center promotes the understanding and continuity of contemporary grassroots cultures in the United Statesand abroad. It produces the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, exhibitions,documentary films and videos, symposia, and educational materials.

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