Best of the Web: Arts & Humanities

Born 1952 and 1946 in Switzerland

The Gallery presents exhibitions of works by photographers who have attained international, national and regional recognition and acclaim.

Born 1980 in Israel

Very extensive and scholarly collection of texts and links, with additional pages devoted to Folk and Fairytale Links, and Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas.

"The mission of Folkstreams.net is to build a national preserve of documentary films about American folk or roots culture. Produced by independent filmmakers, these hard-to-find films give voice to the arts and experience of diverse American groups. They are streamed on the website together with background materials that highlight the history and aesthetic importance of the traditions and the films."

Born 1950 in Hungary

Formerly Friends of Photography Bookstore, established in 1967 in Carmel, California and on the Web for 5 years, this bookstore offers the finest selection of photography books, Ansel Adams books, prints, and posters on the West Coast.

Photography Library Online is made possible in part thanks to the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund/Wertheimer Fund and the Nederlands fotomuseum.

The Fotostiftung Schweiz, founded in 1971, is dedicated to the preservation, acquisition and presentation of photographic works. It administrates an archive and a collection which together contain over 25 photographic estates and around 30,000 original prints of work by outstanding photographers.

Frameline is an organization whose "mission is to support, develop, and promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer visibility through media arts. Through a variety of programs and activities,Frameline provides access to films and videos dealing with a wide variety of issues related to sexuality and gender. Eachyear Frameline presents the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival,the world's oldest and largest event of its kind."

1936-1984 United States

An exhibition which "encourages audiences to examine Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, and its influence on science fiction, monsters and their place in history, and man playing God."

The Project compiles bibliographic references to Medieval French Drama, includes references to critical editions, translations, and secondary sources, and displays images and miniatures of manuscripts along with detailed descriptions.

The Fair was initiated in 2008 by Sharon Tillinger Shafir and Yifat Gurion Ofer who have a deep understanding of the Israeli art market and business arena.

Official Website of the collection housing "masterpieces of Westernpainting, sculpture, and decorative art, displayed in a serene and intimate setting." In addition, the "Library is one of the world's great repositories for the documentation and visual study of Western Art and serves as the research arm of The Frick Collection."

Organized by Frieze Magazine in 2003, the Fair features over 150 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. It also includes specially commissioned artists' projects and a prestigious talks program.

A repository of Russian verbal art and the scholarly and other texts vital to understanding it.

Collection of articles about the settings of crime and mystery fiction.

Since its inception in 1978 the Gallery of Photography has become Ireland's premier venue for photography. It has staged exhibitions with many of the major names in contemporary photography.

From the Stanford University Presidental lectures series, an introduction to the work, and links to other resources.

George Eastman House, an independent nonprofit museum, is an educational institution that tells the story of photography and motion pictures.

University of North Carolina listing of interdisciplinary German resources on the web, including large sections on literature and literary theory.

The goal of this project is to create comprehensive online coverage of the lexicons of the early Germanic languages.

Resources (mainly in German) for the study of German literature, language, culture, history, and philosophy.

The Museum's goal is to make the collection meaningful and attractive to a broad audience by presenting and interpreting the collection through educational programs, special exhibitions, publications, conservation, and research.

Established in 1995, the Fair offers the opportunity for visitors to view over 40 individual exhibition stands featuring galleries and artists from across the UK.

A compendium of glossaries on various subjects, searchable by keyword or browsed in over 130 categories.

A large colleection of primary texts and resources relating to Gnosticism and the Gnostic tradition.

Goldsmiths' Visual Arts students form an important part of the stimulating environment which constitutes the London art world. The Department's international reputation enables it to establish and maintain links with many of the world's most prestigious institutions and university visual arts departments. This, together with the cosmopolitan nature of the student body, provides unique opportunities to develop cross-cultural collaborative projects.

Born 1949 in United States

Devoted to the study of Gothic Literature from 1764 to 1834. Provides students and scholars of the Gothic novel access to the growing number of resources available on the web.

Searches title, publisher, year, book, or story and finds the work of a particular artist, writer, letterer.

A compilation of over 240authors and their works, chronologically arranged.

A "collection of myths retold by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology. . . The GML contains Texts, Images, Tables and Maps. The mythical accounts are based exclusively on ancient sources."

The Museum houses three galleries dedicated solely to the exploration of photographic arts and it provides a forum for the exhibition of both historic and contemporary photography. It also houses the extensive archives of Museum founder and world-renowned photojournalist Arthur Griffin.

Founded in 2002, organized by Guangdong Museum of Art and curated by a team of international curators.

A well-done home page containing reading lists and essays on great mysteries, mainly of the pre 1960 era.

Links to hundreds of philosophy sites, including journals, mailing lists, online dictionaries, professional associations, and other philosophy guides in many languages.

Held in March and founded in ...., Gulf Art Fair is the first major contemporary art fair in the Middle East and has the official support of the Dubai Government's Department ofTourism and Commerce Marketing.

The first biennial of contemporary art held in an Asian city and founded in 1995, it exhibits a diverse selection of art from around the world.

Born 1960 in Spain

Events and creeds in the history of the Christian Church. Annotated Web links are offered for specific topics: Church Fathers, Medieval Churchmen, Heretics, Eastern Orthodox, Catholics, Reformers, Puritans, Anabaptists, Armenians, Cultists, etc.

This database "contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices."

A collection of links to French-related web resources of interest to university-level teachers and students. Covers many aspects of French history and culture, including language, literary criticism and theory, Literature in e-text, and other literature databases.

A Hypermedia Edition of the March 1925 Survey Graphic Harlem Number.

First published in 1866, this is the oldest college literary journal in the United States. The online version features fiction, poetry, art, and criticism.

Site provides recordings of extracts from ancient Greek and Latin texts. This recital site was created for (and by) the classics teaching staff at Harvard to help students grasp the vital performative aspect of ancient literature. Selections were chosen because of their inclusion in various Harvard introductory-level language courses, as an aid to pronunciation and meter."

Inaugurated in 1982 with The International Ceramics Fair & Seminar, all the fairs are fully international, with around 300 exhibitors from 15 countries. Every item for sale in each fair has been strictly vetted for quality and authenticity. There are no date restrictions.