Best of the Web: Arts & Humanities

"Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. Here are over 10,000 scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history. Entries on individuals who died after 1980 will be added as successive volumes of the ADB are published."

Covers a wide range of Australian authors from the nineteenth century to the present. Includes biographies, bibliographies, introductions to texts, and links to other sources.

Online directory of sites maintained by authors, their publishers, and their fans.

Founded in 1988 in Britain, as a center to promote photographers who are of African, Caribbean and South Asian origin, and also to educate and inform their audience.

"The Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in the Department of Special Collections at the University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries contains more than 93,000 volumes published in Great Britain and the United States from the early 1700s through the 1990s."

Many reference books published on the web

The site for the Bauhaus Archive/Museum in Berlin features an illustrated chronicle and analysis of this major movement.

BAVC is a video and new media center with access to extensive technology, training, and support to artists.

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Clips from audio interviews with British playwrights.

Free multimedia language courses online. Lessons and supporting materials for various European and Asian languages are available.

Includes news, discussions, culture, prayer, links to sacred texts, pages for Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and many other religions and spiritual beliefs.

Full-text in translation and the original Old English, essays, and bibliographies.

Founded in 1996, the biennial is an exhibition of works by international artists and artist groups sponsored by KUNST-WERKE BERLIN Institute for Contemporary Art, and on display at twelve venues along Augustsatrasse in Berlin's Mitte district.

Latin Vulgate bible with a English translation using the King James bible for its text.

Citations for articles and books dealing with rhetoric, composition, professional communication, and associated topics such as linguistics, psychology, and philosophy.

Annotated bibliography arranged by topic.

Italian novels, poems, plays, and essays by over 200 authors. In Italian only.

Index to full-text works dating from the 8th to the 20th century.

Founded in 1997, the biennial and its vigorous education program is supported by the funds raised by the Foundation Biennial of Mercosur which also oversees the preservation and documentation of all the historical materials related to the bienal.

Initiated in 2008 by Ok Center for Contemporary Art, the Biennale presents a selection of the most interesting and best works from the most important art biennials around the world. It offers visitors a glimpse into the international art world and an opportunity for a condensed experience of contemporary art.

Since 1973 the biennale has acted as a catalyst for cultural development and discussion. It has created unique opportunities for direct contact between artists, writers, and curators from other countries, as well as collectors and gallery directors, with their counterparts in Australia.

Founded in 2007, the biennial has been commissioned and produced by the Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia and it is held at different locations in the historic precinct of Tallinn's Old Town.

A dictionary of "more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day."

Over 250 entries. Can be sorted chronologically, alphabetically, or by date.

Features short biographies of about 25,000 people.

This database "provides bibliographical references to scholarly publications on all branches of linguistics and all the languages of the world, irrespective of language or place of publication. The database contains all entries of the printed volumes of Bibliographie Linguistique/Linguistic Bibliography for the years 1993-2001 and an increasing number of more recent references."

Blackbird is a well-designed, high quality journal publishing a diverse and highly accomplished collection of writers.

Born 1965 in Italy

Includes names, addresses and phone numbers of all NYPL Branches hosting book discussion groups as well aslistings of books to be read.

Book reviews, author profiles and interviews, excerpts, literary games and contests.

Reviews and book-related articles from the London Telegraph. Published online since 1996.

The place to purchase Getty Publications' books,journals, videos, and CD-ROMs.

Established in 1976, the fair is one of the oldest and most respected antiquarian book shows in the country.

1933-2003 United States-Canada

An article with facts, deinitions, and advice concerning the field of Creative Nonfiction.

Born 1972 in France

(Mormon Americana Collection, Harold B. Lee Library)

Aimed at developing British cinema and published by the Film Department of the British Council. See the site map for a full listing of resources.

This site "allows users to examine bibliographical records of 2,772 works of fiction written by approximately 900 authors, along with a large number of contemporary materials (including anecdotal records, circulating-library catalogues, newspaper advertisements, publishing papers, reviews, and subscription lists)."

An "online scholarly archive consisting of E-text editions of poetry by British and Irish women written (not necessarily published) between 1789 (the onset of the French Revolution) and 1832 (the passage of the Reform Act), a period traditionally known in English literary history as the Romantic period." Poets include Lucy Aikin, Anna Letitia Aikin Barbauld, Felicia Dorothea Brown Hemans, Mary Robinson, and Charlotte Turner Smith. From the Shields Library, University of California.

Brooks is a world leader in professional photographic and motion picture education with an outstanding faculty, and three beautiful locations in Santa Barbara, California.

Born 1952 in Germany

Timely reviews of scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology). Archived from 1990 to the present.

Founded in 2005, the biennial promotes the exchange of art and ideas through the staging of contemporary arts and work globally and locally, bringing together an international vision of art and cross-cultural exchange with a commitment to the community involvement and the enrichment of Bucharest's cultural resources.

Directory of resources and features concerning Buddhist teachings and lifestyle.

Collection of links to a varity of resources.