Topics: Arts
The ODP Arts category contains English language sites about art, or "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others." This includes the "liberal arts," concerned with skill of expression in language, speech, and reasoning, and the "fine arts," concerned with affecting aesthetics directly, and especially affecting the sense of beauty. (Quotes and paraphrases from Britannica.com)
Animation
Websites primarily related to mainstream television and film animation.
Anime,
Artists,
Audio,
Awards,
Cartoons,
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Architecture
The art or science of planning and building structures.
Archives,
Associations,
Building Types,
Chats and Forums,
Directories,
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Art History
The Art History category covers all types of art: painting, sculpture, architecture, etc. All time periods and movements are obviously covered as well.
Artists,
Art Historians,
Chats and Forums,
Directories,
Journals,
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Awards
General arts and entertainment award sites with multiple award content can be listed here, but the category is primarily for @links to awards categories in other areas of Arts.
Visual Arts,
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Bodyart
This category is for decorative body modifications of all kinds, such as tattooing, body piercing, body painting, traditional Indian mehndi (painted henna designs on the hands and feet) and decorative scarification and branding.
Articles,
Bodypainting,
Chats and Forums,
Directories,
Games and Humor,
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Chats and Forums
Message boards or discussion forums where one can interact with other people interested in art topics by posting and replying to messages, on your own time.
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Classical Studies
Classics is the study and appreciation of the culture and wisdom of antiquity, in language, literature, philosophy, history, and related humanities.
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Academic Departments,
B,
C,
Chats and Forums,
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Comics
Comic Strips and Panels,
Conventions,
Creators,
Directories,
Distributors,
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Contests
This category, Arts: Contests, serves as an @link farm for contest categories located throughout the Arts branch.
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Costumes
By Type,
Chats and Forums,
Construction,
Education,
Exhibitions,
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Crafts
This category is for sites about crafting and those that display crafters' work.
Artisans,
Associations,
Balloon Sculpting,
Basketry,
Beading,
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Cultures and Groups
Arts and Entertainment resources specific to a cultural, ethnic, gender or social group.
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Design
Information on the general theory and philosophy of the design process.
Designers,
Education,
Fashion,
Furniture,
Industrial,
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Digital
Since the 1960s, computers have been used to create, enhance, or alter art in various ways.
Events,
Evolutive,
Installations and Performances,
Magazines and E-zines,
Net Art,
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Directories
For the purpose of this category, directories are a compilation of websites containing comprehensive indexes or lists of general art resources, galleries, individual artists and related information.
Artists' Resources,
Artist Listings,
Market Guides,
Networks and Communities,
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Education
Information on learning opportunities in multiple disciplines of the arts. These include Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Music, Literary Arts, Design, Art History, Architecture and education for those who wish to become art teachers.
Colleges and Departments,
Educators,
Language Arts,
Learning Resources,
Organizations,
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Entertainment
The Entertainment category is for sites that span more than one major medium, such as movies and television, or music and theater.
Chats and Forums,
Directories,
Events,
History,
News and Media,
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Events
This category, Arts: Events, serves as an @link farm for event categories located throughout the Arts branch.
Regional,
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Genres
Genre is defined as a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content.
Environment and Nature,
Horror,
Science Fiction and Fantasy,
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Graphic Design
Graphic design relates to the process whereby text, photos, illustrations and/or other graphic elements are presented in a way which communicates a message.
Collectives,
Education,
Employment,
Graphic Designers,
History,
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Humanities
This category lists academic and research resources for the study of the human condition, excluding the physical sciences.
Great Books Indices,
Literature in Art,
Mailing Lists,
Scholarship and Technology,
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Illustration
Sites related to the art of illustration. Includes illustrators' sites, portfolios, stock sources, historic illustration and other resources.
Advertising,
Airbrush,
Caricature,
Cartoons,
Children's,
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Literature
Arts/Literature includes links to websites dealing with a wide range of subjects and interests which span the entire length and breadth of the literary arts: webpages devoted to specific, recognized authors, sites on book-collecting, sites covering specific genres and types of literature, and even online editions of specific works by numerous recognized authors and poets of the past as well as no few of the present.
Authors,
Awards and Bestsellers,
Biography,
Chats and Forums,
Children's,
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Magazines and E-zines
E-zines,
Magazines,
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Movies
This category is for information on anything about movies, the motion-picture medium, or the film industry, including actors, actresses, filmmakers, and individual films.
Awards,
Characters,
Chats and Forums,
Contests,
Cultures and Groups,
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Music
Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. Elements of sound as used in music are pitch (including melody and harmony), rhythm (including tempo and meter), structure, and sonic qualities of timbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture.
Anti-Music,
Arranging,
Awards,
Bands and Artists,
Charts,
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News and Media
News, books and other information sources about the arts in general.
Regional,
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Online Writing
This category is for Writing that exists exclusively online. It includes both Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing, as well as E-zines.
Chats and Forums,
Directories,
Drama,
E-zines,
Fiction,
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Organizations
Information on international associations, collectives or groups whose primary purpose is to advocate, support, disseminate information on, or in some way further the Arts.
Regional,
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People
This category lists notable people involved in or associated with the various arts.
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C,
Child Stars,
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Performing Arts
Arts, such as dance, drama, and music, that are performed before an audience.
Acrobatics,
Acting,
Busking and Street Performing,
By Culture,
By Region,
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Periods and Movements
For genres, eras, styles, periods, or movements that cover multiple different types of art, including music, literature, drama, poetry, architecture, and visual arts.
Art Nouveau,
Baroque,
Classical,
Contemporary,
Dadaism,
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Photography
Arts/Photography is: for sites featuring photographers (amateurs, semi-professionals, and professionals) or photography studios and their work, abilities, and artistic skills.
Art Galleries,
By Region,
By Topic,
Chats and Forums,
Contests,
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Radio
This category is for Radio and radio-related web sites only. No sites are listed in the main category - please select an appropriate subcategory for your site.
Advocacy Organizations,
Formats,
History,
Industry,
International Broadcasters,
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Regional
This category serves as a routing point made of shortcuts to the various and numerous regionally-specific categories on the Arts in general at the Open Directory Project.
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Television
This category is for information on anything about television and the television medium.
Awards,
Cable Television,
Chats and Forums,
Closed Captioning,
Commercials,
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Video
Sites relating to the production of videotaped films, including methods of production, and education in making videos.
Alternative Video,
Community Video,
Directories,
Education,
Magazines and E-zines,
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Visual Arts
This category is for listings of websites for the visual arts.
ASCII Art,
Assemblage Art,
Calligraphy,
Chats and Forums,
Collage,
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Weblogs
Weblogs are listed by the topic of the site. Do not submit or list sites here which have a topic focus or niche.
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Web Rings
This category is for the main page of a web rings that offer listings relevant to a broad area of Arts.
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Writers Resources
The Arts: Writers Resources category is for sites with resources and information about the art, craft and/or business of writing.
Book Writing,
Chats and Forums,
Children's Writing,
Contests,
Copy Editing,
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