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Loved embroidery, propriety, and murderous royals
Worked for big Henry
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
She used a good filter
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Son of Cranach the Elder
Study up!
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The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The debate rages on
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
As of 5:30 PM BST on Wednesday September 9, 2015 (that’s 9:30 am for us Yanks on...
She's pretty... too pretty
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Big henry
Some More Drama
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Painted maidens, cherubs, and lion carcasses
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Known mostly for horsin’ around
Bow down
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Before there was Gangnam style there was "Makartstil". Hitler approved.
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
A sweet guy
Painter with a green brush
In dad's shadow
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Watch now
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
I see naked people.
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Professor Painting right here
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
Early photoshopper
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Dead Lion's Society
Henry VIII's first born, what a disappointment
God save the Queen!
Gimme those pearls
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Gift to Goering from the Führer
Was Hofmann high?
Painted the same year LSD was invented
Before Facebook event pages, you had to get creative
If you fail once, just try, try, try, try, try...
Cleopatra’s favorite fake relative
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Always a bridesmaid
Storm's a'brewin'?
Ribbit, ribbit
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
Now that's a resting bitch face
My muse is a medieval rampart
Buy now on Taschen
Worst kiss ever
Bye, Felicia
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
A steed as turbulent as its owner
Viagra was the duke's only wish
Romantic load of crap
T for Tony
Wholesome theft
Puff, puff, pass
Explosive high kicks
Troublemaker!
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Just another naked lady
Taking one for the team
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
Hey big spender
Drunk on victory
Even firecrackers run out of energy eventually
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
Man of many hats
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
French portrait inception
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
So get ready!
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Two-faced! But not how you think
The guy even the Nazis rejected
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Laughs too loud and too often
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Come for Guernica stay for ghost hunting
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
A walk on the beach
Fancy birthday presents
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Marching to the beat of her own drum
A stoner's dream
A techy tower
He barely tried
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
You wish you could be this cool
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
