Visual and Performing Arts Reference & Resources
Do you want to know what a symbol means? Do you want to look up a term used
in television production? How about finding a script? Try some of these VAPA
resources...
Duren's Art Link: 3-D Perspective Drawing
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/index.html
ART
Symbols.com
http://www.symbols.com/index/wordindex-a.html
ART
Glossary of Art Periods
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/
ANIME
Animation Art Glossary
http://www.vintageip.com/Term.html
LITERATURE
Scroll down to find beautiful stories by Shakespeare including Romeo and
Juliet, Macbeth and more.
ftp://ftp.archive.org/pub/etext/etext98/bsshk10.txt
DRAMA
Glossary of Theater Arts
http://www.dramatic.com.au/glossary/
ART
Glossary of Graphic Design and Web Design
http://www.grantasticdesigns.com/glossary.html
ART
Art and Artist Online Dictionaries. Look up anime and Manga terms, search
through the Tolkien dictionary, look up musical words and much more.
http://www.onelook.com/?d=all_art&v=&sort=&langdf=all
ART, DRAMA, MUSIC
The Harlem Renaissance Exhibition sponsored by the New York Public Library.
Check out the timeline.
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/
ART
Symbol Dictionary. Find common symbols used in different cultures, history
and fields of study. For instance, you can find the common symbol used for
elements of nature, the zodiac, planets, chemicals, industry, etc. It's
browsable using an A-Z word index.
http://www.symbols.com/index/wordindex-a.html
ART
More than 3,300 terms for visual art. Indexed by culture, period,
alphabetical. Includes graphics. Easy to understand and use. Scroll down to
see indexes on the left menu bar.
http://www.artlex.com/
DRAMA
The Dramatic Exchange: Indexed by "Dedicated to archiving and distributing
scripts. We provide a place for playwrights to 'publish' and distribute
their
plays, a place for producers to find new plays they might want to produce,
and a place for anyone who is interested in drama to browse." Indexed by
genre, length, format, or alphabetically. Remember to respect copyright. A
play may not be reproduced without the consent of the author, just like
music
and a book.
http://www.dramex.org/
DRAMA
Skits, Plays and Dialogues. Write and perform a radio script. Join the
national playwriting competition. Try acting out some plays or scripts found
online. Start a reader's theater group.
Remember that a play or script cannot be used in a production without the
permission or consent of the author.
http://www.42explore.com/skits&plays.htm
DRAMA
Reader's Theater Editions are scripts adapted from stories by Aaron Shepard
and others -- mostly humor, fantasy, and retold tales from a variety of
cultures. The grade levels for performers fall mostly between 3 and 9.
Copying, sharing, and performing the scripts are permitted for any
educational, noncommercial purpose.
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
DRAMA
Free Sample Scripts from Lois Walker. Check out the middle school script
called "The Fish Tank" and the other one called "Clever Lucy."
http://www.loiswalker.com/catalog/freert3.html
DRAMA
Suggested reads: "Rump and Ugla," by Rick Swallow. Funny play written for
five characters; "The Trial of Socrates" by Rick Swallow. Tables are turned
when they start asking Socrates questions; learn all about similes by
reciting "Simile": written for 11 voices.
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rcswallow/
MUSIC
Jazz Links from U.S. Education Department
http://www.ed.gov/free/jazz.html
ART
Artcyclopedia: Search by artist's name, title of art, or art museum.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
DRAMA
Dialogues: The TV RepairMan by Rick Swallow, The Child and the Baker, The
Dentist, Dinosaur Land, The Hula Hoop Champion, The Magic Carpet Ride
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rcswallow/
World Art Catalogue with links to the California standards. U.S. History,
British History, Americas, Ancient Egypt, Kush and more. You have to see
this. To find the California Standards links click on one of the portfolio
images and scroll down.
http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/kiosk/portfolios.htm#Anchor-ART-49575$6198*386478
ART, FILM/TELEVISION, MUSIC, DRAMA LINKS
Please e-mail me if any of these links are not working.