Find Interdisciplinary Reference Tools and Resources (Dance, Theatre, Art, etc.)
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Allgemeines KunstlerlexikonSubscription has been cancelled effective July 25, 2020.
Biographical information on more than 1.2 million painters, graphic artists, sculptors, architects, designer, photographers, video and installation artists, artisans, and other artists from antiquity to the present from all over the world. Interface in English or German. -
American Film Institute CatalogFind information on American-made films between 1893 and 1972. Unique features include the ability to find films by topic and and article reference list for films. Links to library holdings of articles (Find It links).
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ARTstorARTstor is a cross-disciplinary image database. It offers collections of approximately 300,000 art images and descriptive information covering art, architecture and archeology.
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Dance Online: Dance Studies CollectionHistorical context of 20th and 21st century dance through 150,000 pages of exclusive periodicals, reference materials, books, dance notation, and photographs, including the complete run of Dance Magazine (1927–present).
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Drama Online Core CollectionIncludes the full text of plays from across the history of the theatre, ranging from Aeschylus to the present day. Includes non-English-language works in translation, scholarly and critical editions, first night program texts, critical analysis and contextual information. Also includes over 500 images from the Victoria and Albert Museum's archive of production photos.
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Encyclopedia of the Middle AgesArticles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on Europe and Christendom, the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam and people of other cultures with whom Europeans came into contact. Also available in print.
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Film and Television Literature Index with Full-TextSearch articles on film and television studies' topics including theory, preservation, restoration, writing, production, cinematography, reviews from "Variety" back to 1914 and more.
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Film Indexes OnlineThis web portal combines three research databases in the film studies area: FIAF International Film Database Plus, AFI Film Catalog, and Film Index International.
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GallicaDigital library of French and francophone culture maintained by the Bibliothque Nationale de France. Contains numerous electronic texts, images, maps, animation, and sound files of French and other publications in history, literature, science, philosophy, law, economics, and political science.
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Grove Art OnlineLarge online Art encyclopedia including peer reviewed articles with images, artist biographies, background on famous works, genres, etc. Useful for Art history, different art forms, geography, time period and more. Limited to 8 simultaneous users.
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International Bibliography of Theatre and DanceSearch dance and theater arts journals on topics such as performing arts, ballet, drama, opera, film, and more.
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International Encyclopedia of Dance OnlineFind articles written by scholars on the full spectrum of dance: theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and RenaissanceIter is a bibliography of over 230,000 articles and reviews drawn from over 475 medieval and renaissance journal titles.
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LinkedIn LearningLinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) has high-quality, online training videos (1,700 courses+) for all skill levels including software (Adobe, Apple, HTML, SPSS, Photoshop, Excel, PowerPoint), technologies (3D Animation, Audio, Photography), design, and business topics. There is an iPhone/iPad app, too. This resource is not paid by the Libraries, but is accessible by all current students, faculty and staff of the University of Minnesota system. For more information please visit OITs information page.
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Marx & Engels Collected WorksTo access, click the "Resource available at: Marx & Engels collected works." in the catalog record.
"The Marx/Engels Collected Works is the largest collection of translations of the complete works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels covering the period 1835-1895. The 50 volumes contain all the written works of Marx and Engels including formerly unpublished manuscripts and letters. The early volumes contain correspondence between Marx and his father, Marx's poetry and letters from Engels to his sister. Latter volumes include the important theoretical works written by Marx: The Communist Manifesto, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and Capital. This digital collection gives scholars access to the complete oeuvre in a fully searchable format"--Publisher's description, viewed February 10, 2016.
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Performance Design Archive OnlineComprehensive, international collection that covers all aspects of theater production design, from the 17th century through to the present day, including, scenic and set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, makeup, and more.
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Theatre in ContextODells Annals of the New York Stage, the Oxford University Press Companion series, and Greenwoods American Theatre Companies series are just a few of the many in-copyright sources included in the Theatre in Context Collection. Placed alongside thousands of playbills, posters, photographs, and related theatrical ephemera, users will be able to paint a more comprehensive picture of the life and evolution of dramatic works.
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Theatre in Video: Volume IWatch hundreds of online videos, including documentaries and definitive performances of the worlds most important plays. From Shakespeare to rare, in-depth footage of the work of Samuel Beckett including a range of 20th century theatre history. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances deliver an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of productions.
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UMediaDiscover 161,819 images, maps, manuscripts, video, audio, and more. UMedia provides open access to digitized materials from across the University of Minnesota.
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