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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...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
A gift to the Nation
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
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...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
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...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Who run the world? Girls!
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
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...
Giant robot threatens cafe-goers. Dine at your own risk!
One museum, two museum, three museum, floor
Japan's only museum for Western art and works really hard at it
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The real deal
Modern Indian masters
A good swattin’
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
Used to be a palace, v. chic
Likes to botch restoration projects and spend a lot of money
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Island in the Plains
Aye laddy...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Careful, might make you howl!
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
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!
Danish, anyone?
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Great Scott!
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Does Renaissance art give you the hots?
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Doctor Who is here a lot
We dont need no education
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Get elevated
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
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...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
What is the meaning of life?
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
A fun new series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
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...
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.
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Take that Uncle Sam!
Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
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...
Nature is awesome
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....
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
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...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
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...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Built by Bernini and Borromini
SO. MUCH. JEWELRY.
Just a little touch of star quality
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
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
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Get High on art here
Lots of art in the heartland
Awesome, free, big-city museum
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
"You and I remember Budapest very differently."
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
The penis is v. important in this one
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
My heart is in Havana
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
