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Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
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...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
A gift to the Nation
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Who run the world? Girls!
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
One museum, two museum, three museum, floor
Giant robot threatens cafe-goers. Dine at your own risk!
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...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Japan's only museum for Western art and works really hard at it
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
The real deal
Modern Indian masters
Come and say g'day
Founded in 1880 by the 7th Duke of Argyle (after whose family's lands argyle socks are named)
They're keeping the name
Purchased a Rembrandt for £20
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
A good swattin’
Used to be a palace, v. chic
Likes to botch restoration projects and spend a lot of money
Island in the Plains
Aye laddy...
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
The Phaaaaaaaaaaaaaantom of the opera is here!
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Danish, anyone?
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Careful, might make you howl!
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Great Scott!
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Does Renaissance art give you the hots?
Doctor Who is here a lot
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Get elevated
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
We dont need no education
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
What is the meaning of life?
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
A fun new series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Take that Uncle Sam!
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Nature is awesome
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Built by Bernini and Borromini
SO. MUCH. JEWELRY.
Just a little touch of star quality
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
The penis is v. important in this one
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
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
