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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...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
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...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
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...
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...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
The setting for Kubrick's next film
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Buy now on Amazon
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
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...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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....
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
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 term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
A good swattin’
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Oh say can you see
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
We dont need no education
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Careful, might make you howl!
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
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...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Never forget
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Hippest place in Brighton
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
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...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Considerable collections
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Those Swiss have got it all!
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Baseball at Night by Morris Kantor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
