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The penis is v. important in this one
An egotistical maniac, or my new boo?
Bad boy of the academy
Gay as a moonbeam
Alexa, play “Levitating” by Dua Lipa
Not very smart, but had rich supportive parents
A burn too sick for the ER
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Italian sass with Segatori
A bloody family affair
Ceramic sex toys are a thing with her
Surprise, sexism in the Victorian era
One museum, two museum, three museum, floor
Outsider
Flip it and reverse it
Escaped the guillotine, unlike her friend Marie
Washington’s premier color-field frat
Not a great father son moment
From portraitist to executioner?
A gift to the Nation
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
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Ghostwood
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
French portrait inception
Likes to botch restoration projects and spend a lot of money
Island in the Plains
Enjoys long walks on the beach, painting for patrons, and Italian food!
The Man, the Myth, the Cubist
Aye laddy...
The Phaaaaaaaaaaaaaantom of the opera is here!
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
Danish, anyone?
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Illustrated children's books to pay the rent
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Watch now
This town is out of control
Once a good boy, always a good boy
Who run the world? Girls!
Great Scott!
Only men can see this one
Does Renaissance art give you the hots?
Jean du All Trades
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Doctor Who is here a lot
Sadly, a member of the 27 club
Old school, but not in the cool way
Rocked the Rococo World
Rococ-oh no he didn't
Couldn't catch a break
Rococo like a hurricane
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Japan's only museum for Western art and works really hard at it
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
Giant robot threatens cafe-goers. Dine at your own risk!
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Do I make you horny baa-baa?
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Get elevated
Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
The real deal
Modern Indian masters
A man of many names and many loves
Go at your own risk
Who doesn't love a good old-fashioned decapitation?
Kindred spirits
Taxes too high? Naked horse ride, baby.
Lil' Bee Bee sees right through ya
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Used to be a palace, v. chic
An orchestra of orcas?
Double rainbow all the way across the sky!
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Two-faced! But not how you think
What is the meaning of life?
Cleaning dramaaa
Baby before the Baptist
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
She used a good filter
Queen of masques unmasked
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
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Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
The Sun King
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
The cult of drunkenness
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Now that's a resting bitch face
There’s no “i” in team
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Lambs can be kept as pets, who knew?
Girl next door
Rag lady
More like the melon diptych, amiright?
Pretty bird
Skelly head
Swing, swingers, it's all the same
Walt Whitman was a fan
No such thing as bad publicity
Cubist dream
Back pain = youth leaving the body
Socrates gone mad
Deconstruction of the boob
Nightmares of Rococo
Freud’s favorite painting
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Taking one for the team
We want the Funk
I can see your halo, halo, halo
He's not instilling fear in any pheasants
Lonely? Build your own girlfriend
Bashi-bazouk—Captain Haddock’s favorite expletive!
Game of Thrones, Season 4 Episode 8
A mystery wrapped in an enigma
“Not for sale” sells for $110.5 million
Like jazz, but a painting
Ma’am, your folds are showing
Young, dumb and in love
You don't need to be a scholar
Shop til' Ya Drop
Bad and Boujee
The Realist in the game
Exactly the white kind of person
A big old brouhaha
A horse walks into a bar...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Tummy ache?
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
A cute outfit can't save you
Take that Uncle Sam!
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
She's a man eater, make you work hard, make you spend hard
Age is just a number when it comes to boobs
A stylistic orgy
Late night liaisons
I've been seduced alright... by that great sense of humor!
Not unraveling the moral fabric, probably
SAMO's Pharaoh
Don't look no no, don't touch no no
Group photo time!
Just another pervy kid in Paris
Oriental harem tours with Ingres
Behind every hero is an overprotective mother
Twelve years later
Another nude, Gerome?
My horse needs more henna!
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Nature is awesome
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Anatomy sacrificed for beauty
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Quick-change artist
Souvenirs from vacation
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Such a punchable face
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
The end of the "holy" Roman empire
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
BFF's til the end
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Born into a lucky time
The flower-breeding father of fashion photography
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
A fun new series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
The Inventor of the Snapshot
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Barely made it through World War II with the help of some sandbags
Careful, might make you howl!
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
