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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...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
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Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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So get ready!
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Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
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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...
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Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
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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....
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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...
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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...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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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...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
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:...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
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...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
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...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
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...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
