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Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
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Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
So get ready!
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Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
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When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Oh say can you see
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It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
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As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
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While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
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rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
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If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
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The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Careful, might make you howl!
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
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We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
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Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
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If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Singin’ in a ring
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Never forget
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Hippest place in Brighton
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Men react to the friendzone
Feeding your dogs a diet of girls who friendzone you
Miss. Manners says murder at the dinner table is rude
Considerable collections
"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"
Those Swiss have got it all!
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
Motor city
Good wine and interesting art
Two museums in one
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Only place that call the Dutch Masters the "North Dutch school"
Named after a beer maker
Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
Cooler than an Orange Julius
In the Athens of Australia
It's free, not cheap
I would walk 500 miles...
It's hammer time
Yee-haw
Probably the first museum to use guns as performance art
This museum is worth A-GO
Just keeps getting bigger
Joe Biden likes to come here (probably)
New Jersey gem
A capital collection in the capital of Ohio
It's pronounced Woo-stah
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Get High on art here
Lots of art in the heartland
Awesome, free, big-city museum
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
