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Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
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Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
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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So ugly you can’t look away
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Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
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Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
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Oh say can you see
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Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
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Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
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Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
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It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
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...
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Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
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It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
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Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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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 ...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
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We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
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Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
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I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
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Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
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The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
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Careful, might make you howl!
TGIF
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In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
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…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Never forget
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
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Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Hippest place in Brighton
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Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
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As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
Considerable collections
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
