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We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
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The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Oh say can you see
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Topsy turvy
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
We exist in this space
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Togas descending a staircase
Damaged goods
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
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As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
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This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Kitchen Scene, part 1
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
Witch’s brew
Witch orgy prep
Click here for love potion recipe
Avada Kedavra
Pool party
Manet could never
Careful, might make you howl!
The Ottoman take on the Eastern-style dragon
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
Urban anxiety aplenty
Cut him off!
Jesus is in the kitchen?!
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
A bargain at twice the price
Three guys walk into a bar...
Never forget
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Hippest place in Brighton
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
All it’s missing is a cup of tea
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Considerable collections
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Those Swiss have got it all!
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
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
