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A true Romantic
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Gone too soon
He's convinced me now, that Benziger fellow
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
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It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Now the big daddy of sculpture, Rodin was originally kind of a loser
Impregnated two of his models, married one of them, painted from a wheelchair
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
A man of many names and many loves
The little ship that couldn't
Daddy, buy me a tragic painting
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
We exist in this space
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Cheshire Cat?
Wandering to a theater near you
Are you in touch with your feelings?
Killing me Softly
Just another lover's tryst
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The Ottoman take on the Eastern-style dragon
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Love or hate?
Deep in thought in San Francisco
A rarity: deep thought in DC
Falsely accused
All the single ladies!
Little bronze people in agony
Step right up!
You've caught my soul!
The walls are falling on all of us
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Muse has Rodin by the junk
The geniuses of the Weather underground strike a blow against thought
Is she being coy or does he have bad breath?
He's not instilling fear in any pheasants
Don't lose your junior junior
Who’s to blame for the rococo revival?
Mamaaaaaaa
You don't need to be a scholar
Married the model
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Get your towels ready it's about to go down
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
2 dope queens
Don't look no no, don't touch no no
Group photo time!
Oriental harem tours with Ingres
Behind every hero is an overprotective mother
Twelve years later
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Sisters before mistresses
Anatomy sacrificed for beauty
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub
Such a punchable face
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
The end of the "holy" Roman empire
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
BFF's til the end
The greatest sacrifice
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
So get ready!
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
