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Rich diplomat/artist, loved fleshy girls, married a 16 year old when he was 53
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Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
When you're the god of wine you get to drink from a huge glass
The First Date
Eat first, sex later
Delete the bits about rape and incest, and this could be a story out of Harry Potter
Can "Jacked Renaissance Babies" become a thing?
Three graces are better than one
Listen to your girlfriend. Especially if she's magic.
It came back positive
Queen got your tongue?
A Rubens sandwich of babies and anti-war sentiment
Stick it to The Man
And they say snacking after dinner is sinful
Always wear your seat belt
A literal hellscape
Conveniently peaceful portrait
A little to the left, no, to the right
"You're tearing me apart!"
Carravagio having a bad head day
When men were muscley, women were soft, and there were only four continents
Snack time
And that is how we got the constellation Gemini
Rubens' fighting fleshlight
Baby Herc nips the nip
When the punishment doesn't fit the crime
Just a martyr girl gang
Heyyy
I’m riding that hippo first!
When you just killed Goliath no one dares tell you how to dress, even if it's like this
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Apparently there's no food chain in heaven
Genoa's fanciest
Always the centaur of attention
Painting the patron
Paint me in too, old buddy
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Familial murder and godly revenge
A great painter's quest away from painting
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
The Earl goes bankrupt on art
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Don't call it a comeback
When Doves Cry
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Speaking out can have consequences
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
The most badass Judith
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
It's taxidermatological
Savvy politician and ladies' man
Death's photographer
Provocative painter, all-around survivor
Hypebeast or hipster?
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Brits can't get enough scandal, and he doesn't disappoint
Great fighter of censorship
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Midas, but different
Just couldn't make the aloha stick
Not actually a photographer
Not Picasso's muse Sylvette David
A Scot in Britain
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
A true Romantic
Where's that dam photo?
Big Daddy of it all
His poop took down a power line in Berne
Wore a spiky helmet, just like Bismarck
Not a sports guy
Britain's most hated artist
Wanderlust for Western Canada
Boho Chic
On the dot
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
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Drama, drama, drama
Rub elbows with Hollywood's elite
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Badass portrait painter
Balling all over the world
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
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Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Do what you're good at
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
David gets sassy
Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
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Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Para el Cambio
Power of a flower
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
A Case of John Henryism
Brains and beauty
Cezanne's bad boy phase
Between the sheets
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Sometimes a cannonball is just a cannonball, but this splash may be naughty
New York is the real city of sin
Don't look at it...
Not for the weak-hearted or the balding
Luscious locks reveal a lot!
Even then it was all about the money
I'll pray for you
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
See you at poker night
Have a holly jolly Christmas
Swim anyone?
Bluebird singing
To catch a predator
Phew, that was close.
Whoops He Pinned it Again
How you like them apples?
Weird science
Modern dance mama
Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Jesus got jaundice
Penny for her thoughts
Cavorting with prostitutes in Arles
Beheadings in the Pacific
A carnival for the kids
"Fish are friends, not food"
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Cloned but not forgotten
Balling with Garfield
The ineffective president
The bachelor president
So this is why they call them blueprints
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Ribbit, ribbit
What will Tim do now that he's making the big bucks?
God is somethin', for Hockney we are not sure what
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
O say can you see
A clean sweep for David Ireland
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
"Puny Eunie"
She hated Frida Kahlo
Dead Lion's Society
Underneath it all
The little ship that couldn't
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Nothing Fits, But Everything Works
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
Daddy, buy me a tragic painting
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Paul was a bit of a horndog
Art thieves caught red handed
Teaching aide
Waity Katie no more!
That's one melancholic Madame
Talent out the wazoo
Cross-Dresser Extraordinaire
Accidental POTUS
Twenty-seven, Balling
Stalwart no more
More like Honest Babe
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
T for Tony
A peeping Hockney's wet dream
Someone needs to call Charles Atlas
Hockney tells the future
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Can't get more LA than this
Another unhappy ending
It's called acting
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
Puff, puff, pass
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Swastikas were ok at the time
Angel of Assassination
Two women who don't want to talk to you
Because, Hitler
Baller Jesus
Note: the actual event was a bit less serene
It’s all about perspective
Footloose in French Polynesia
Falling for the same gal
Why is there a meat cleaver in my head?
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Cheshire Cat?
Wandering to a theater near you
Are you in touch with your feelings?
Spear me maybe?
Rich people in the '60s
I am NOT Whistler’s mother
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
He's bad
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Portrait-ception
Cézanne's remix
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Unfinished business
Highly disturbing
A star is born
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Tummy ache?
Take that Uncle Sam!
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
A cute outfit can't save you
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
Cultural appropriation at its finest
A bargain at twice the price
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Hey big spender
Blondes have more fun, even if they can't eat steak
Sister sister
From portraitist to executioner?
Such a punchable face
I can’t believe it’s not butter
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Just another naked lady
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Gothic tipi?
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
COTTON EYED JOE
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
So get ready!
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Synesthetic symphony
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Step right up!
Drank himself to artist martyrdom
Illustrator extraordinaire
