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And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
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Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
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Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Sad but true
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
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All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Oh say can you see
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
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(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
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The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
A stiff upper lip
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
“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:
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Careful, might make you howl!
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
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Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Bringing the inside out
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Not Yosemite again, dad!
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...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Mining doesn’t cause death
Down in the valley, the valley so low. Hang your head over, hear the wind blow
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Never forget
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Hippest place in Brighton
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Considerable collections
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Those Swiss have got it all!
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
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
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
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
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Watch now
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
USA's very first art school and museum
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Created as part of the New Deal
Enjoy art in an architectural iceburg
One of the oldest public art museums in America
Has a cool grand staircase
Who run the world? Girls!
Brand spankin' new!
Don't get dizzy walking around this circular museum
Has a lot of money to throw around
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
Figure out the way to San Jose...ASAP!
Throw another cutting edge exhibit on the barbie...?
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Happy wife happy life!
Great art in the windy city
Started by a navy man
Everything's bigger in Texas
Possibly haunted
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Fits 423 hospital beds
Art on the walls and in the toilets
The first of its kind
Largest collection of British art outside the UK
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Free museums for the win
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
You'll need a bicycle to get around the entire place
Take that Uncle Sam!
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Not to be confused with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
Saved in times of war
The only place where all lost and destroyed art can still be seen: online
Crazy architecture and a rocking view
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
Leap Into the Void by Yves Klein at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Big Red by Alexander Calder at the San Jose Museum of Art
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Negev by Magdalena Abakanowicz at The Israel Museum
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur
Corridor Pin, Blue by Claes Oldenburg
