Culture: Argentina
For information about cultural resources on Argentina at the
Library of Congress, consult its online
catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov). For additional materials
at the Library of Congress, consult the Hispanic
Reading Room, Performing
Arts Reading Room, Motion
Picture & Television Reading Room, and American
Folklife Center.
The most important source for bibliography of books and articles
concerning Argentina is the annual Handbook
of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/)
produced by over 160 contributing editors under the editorship
of the Hispanic Division of the
Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles
can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic
American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).
Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries
in book form.
One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of
subjects relating to regional resources for Latin America is
the University of Texas' LANIC and the link for Argentina is
(http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/argentina/).
ARTE ARGENTINO, GALERIA VIRTUAL
DE OBRAS ARGENTINAS (http://artea.com.ar)
This website offers links to a variety of Argentine artists and their artwork. In
Spanish and English.
ARTE Y ARQUITECTURA EN LINEA (http://www.arqa.com/)
Site dedicated to drafting, architecture and construction. In Spanish.
ARTEARGENTINO.COM (http://www.arteargentino.com/)
Provides biographies, with personal pages, of Argentine artists, virtual pages
and expositions. They also provide a "Linkoteca" of
over 6,000 links to Argentine art, culture, tourism and geography. In Spanish.
ARTESUR (http://www.artesur.com)
In Spanish and in English. Art portal and Community, including visual arts, music,
literature, crafts, antiques, architecture, installations, international artist
database, searchs, events, news.
FUNDACION ESPIGAS (http://www.espigas.org.ar)
The Foundation seeks to preserve, maintain, classify and file varied documentation
on the history of visual arts in Argentina, Argentine art in the world and international
art related to Argentina. In Spanish and English.
SELECTIONS
FROM THE LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTION OF THE JACK S. BLANTON MUSEUM OF
ART (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/project/huntington/art%5Findex.html)
1700 art works of Latin American artists are grouped according to the nationality
and alphabetically by artists' name.
TEATRO COLON [BUENOS AIRES] (http://www.colon.org.ar)
This site provides information as to the activities, productions,
calendar, library, biographies of persons in the administration, a virtual tour
and a history of the Colón Opera House in Buenos Aires. In Spanish.
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