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Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
They're just like us!
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Oh say can you see
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
This little piggy went to the guggenheim
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
A Bacchanal without Pollock
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Calling all cynical pessimists!
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Don't panic, it's organic
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
