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Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
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...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
The setting for Kubrick's next film
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
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Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
A good swattin’
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
We dont need no education
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
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...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
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
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
