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(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
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Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
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We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
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Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
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If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
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Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
‘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...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
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Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
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Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
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In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
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The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
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From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
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Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
