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Loved embroidery, propriety, and murderous royals
Worked for big Henry
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
She used a good filter
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Son of Cranach the Elder
Study up!
Buy now on Amazon
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The debate rages on
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
As of 5:30 PM BST on Wednesday September 9, 2015 (that’s 9:30 am for us Yanks on...
She's pretty... too pretty
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Big henry
Some More Drama
Painted maidens, cherubs, and lion carcasses
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Known mostly for horsin’ around
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Bow down
Before there was Gangnam style there was "Makartstil". Hitler approved.
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
A sweet guy
Painter with a green brush
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
In dad's shadow
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Watch now
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
I see naked people.
Professor Painting right here
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
Early photoshopper
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Dead Lion's Society
Henry VIII's first born, what a disappointment
God save the Queen!
Gimme those pearls
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Gift to Goering from the Führer
Was Hofmann high?
Painted the same year LSD was invented
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Before Facebook event pages, you had to get creative
If you fail once, just try, try, try, try, try...
Cleopatra’s favorite fake relative
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Always a bridesmaid
Storm's a'brewin'?
Ribbit, ribbit
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
Now that's a resting bitch face
My muse is a medieval rampart
Buy now on Taschen
Worst kiss ever
Bye, Felicia
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
A steed as turbulent as its owner
T for Tony
Wholesome theft
Puff, puff, pass
Viagra was the duke's only wish
Romantic load of crap
Explosive high kicks
Troublemaker!
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Just another naked lady
Taking one for the team
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
Hey big spender
Drunk on victory
Even firecrackers run out of energy eventually
Man of many hats
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
French portrait inception
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
So get ready!
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Two-faced! But not how you think
The guy even the Nazis rejected
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Laughs too loud and too often
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
You wish you could be this cool
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Come for Guernica stay for ghost hunting
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
