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If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Enjoys long walks on the beach, painting for patrons, and Italian food!
The Man, the Myth, the Cubist
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jean du All Trades
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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Sadly, a member of the 27 club
Old school, but not in the cool way
Rocked the Rococo World
Rococ-oh no he didn't
Couldn't catch a break
Rococo like a hurricane
Bad boy of the academy
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Not very smart, but had rich supportive parents
A man of many names and many loves
Two-faced! But not how you think
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
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The cult of drunkenness
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Rag lady
More like the melon diptych, amiright?
Pretty bird
Skelly head
Swing, swingers, it's all the same
Walt Whitman was a fan
No such thing as bad publicity
Cubist dream
Back pain = youth leaving the body
Socrates gone mad
Deconstruction of the boob
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
I can see your halo, halo, halo
He's not instilling fear in any pheasants
Lonely? Build your own girlfriend
Bashi-bazouk—Captain Haddock’s favorite expletive!
Game of Thrones, Season 4 Episode 8
A mystery wrapped in an enigma
“Not for sale” sells for $110.5 million
Like jazz, but a painting
Ma’am, your folds are showing
Young, dumb and in love
You don't need to be a scholar
Shop til' Ya Drop
Bad and Boujee
The Realist in the game
Exactly the white kind of person
A big old brouhaha
A horse walks into a bar...
She's a man eater, make you work hard, make you spend hard
Age is just a number when it comes to boobs
A stylistic orgy
Late night liaisons
I've been seduced alright... by that great sense of humor!
Not unraveling the moral fabric, probably
SAMO's Pharaoh
Don't look no no, don't touch no no
Group photo time!
Just another pervy kid in Paris
Oriental harem tours with Ingres
Behind every hero is an overprotective mother
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Italian sass with Segatori
A bloody family affair
Twelve years later
Another nude, Gerome?
My horse needs more henna!
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Anatomy sacrificed for beauty
Flip it and reverse it
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Quick-change artist
Souvenirs from vacation
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Ghostwood
Such a punchable face
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
The end of the "holy" Roman empire
French portrait inception
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
BFF's til the end
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
The penis is v. important in this one
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
The flower-breeding father of fashion photography
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
They didn’t tell me about Impressionism
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Responsible for the most famous vagina painting in the world
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
So get ready!
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
