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Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
An artistic hazard
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Half of a dynamic duo
Disaster art or disaster artist?
Could paint a grain elevator and make it pretty
A man of many media
The less popular American Impressionist
"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
He bled red, white and blue
Hawaiian love story
The Obnoxious Renaissance Man
The cowboy artist
Fountains of life
Zebulon's son
Late bloomer
The family that circuses together stays together
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
The corner baker in the foreground, incest in the background
Kahlo family Christmas card
Everybody squeeze in
It’s all (ancient) Greek to me
You really can get a happy meal anywhere nowadays
Chop, chop, chop
The American dream lives on
Mixing mediums
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Damn, I look good
Paint me in too, old buddy
Be seated
Crackpot
Topsy turvy
The King of a flattering angle
Farm like an Egyptian
Brancusi stands out
Like the Parthenon, but with pollution
What do you see?
Lambs can be kept as pets, who knew?
All in the family
Muse has Rodin by the junk
Hogarth was all about that pug life
Wanna thank your mother for a butt like that
A Lot to handle
These serpents made hiss-tory
People should pay more attention to their walls
Rollin' outta battle looking fly
Inhale this and you're gonna need a hail mary
“I am so down to earth”
"Revolution 9" b-side
Bringing the inside out
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Bring your daughters to work day
No days off
A bloody family affair
Another nude, Gerome?
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...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
When Doves Cry
What'd your boyfriend ever give you?
What’s more alarming: an avalanche or climate change?
P-town Love
Go ahead and take a peek
This one hung in Goya's dining room. Yum!
Extraordinary People in Such Ordinary Circumstances
Check it out, bro!
Twenty-seven, Balling
Œdipus starts some drama
Out-of-date wedding announcement
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
It all ended badly for Charles
Lookin' good for 140 years old
Tummy ache?
Those who can't do, paint
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Sacred moment made earthly and intimate
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Little known American heroine
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Hey big spender
Decent navigator, bad salesman
Witness her
MORE FIRE
Shades of Black
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
The Ambassador Quintet
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Find the elephant
Fancy birthday presents
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
I can’t believe it’s not Peale
Blackening exercise
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Dollar dollar bill y'all
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
He got very Close
The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Germans "borrowed" it, Russians "saved" it
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Not your average #travelspo Insta’ selfie
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Buried his book of poetry with his wife, then exhumed the book for publication
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
