Arts and Architecture
It contains over 4 million audio recordings (including 160,000 live concerts).
. This is a collection of oral histories, special collections and archives of arts.
This is an annotated directory of internet resources on African art prepared by Karen Fung for the Information and Communication Technology Group (ICTG), African Studies Association, USA.
Art Source is a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture with diverse content which includes pointers to resources around the net as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc.
The Smithsonian Institution's Museum of African Art has a delightful online kid-friendly exhibit, and it can be explored in detail here. The "Introduction" explains that African art depicts some animals more than others and some not at all. The cheetah and the zebra do not appear to be found in any of the art, and the ostrich and gorilla appear only rarely. The main page divides the artwork up by general animal type, such as "Leopards and Lions", "Mudfish, Water Spirits and Snails", and "Look for the Animals", which is a work of art that has several different animals in it.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Exhibitions are designed to tell stories of national significance using source materials from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States, including letters, photographs, posters, oral histories, video clips, sheet music, and more.
The Getty Research Portal is a search platform providing worldwide access to an extensive collection of digitized art history texts from a range of institutions. This multilingual and multicultural union catalog affords art historians and other researchers the ability to search and download complete digital copies of publications devoted to art, architecture, material culture, and related fields.
Emporis is the number one provider of building data and construction projects worldwide. Use Emporis Research to analyze building-related information, view contact details of companies to connect with and browse through extensive stock of building and architecture images and purchase image rights.
Is a free resource focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues related to the Muslim world. Archnet is a partnership between the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT Libraries.
The online catalogue includes an index to over 300 architectural periodicals held in the RIBA Library as well as the catalogue of the books, audio visual materials, photographs, drawings, and manuscripts acquired by the RIBA Library. It also has a biographical database of architects.