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With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
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This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
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Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
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As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
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“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
His momma was a concubine
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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
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Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
May be the home of a mysterious monster
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
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YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
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And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
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Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
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The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
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,...
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Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
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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...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Art is the pits
The ninth and final straw?
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Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
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...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
