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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Oh say can you see
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Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
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People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
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We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
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Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
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The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
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Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
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Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
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“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
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The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
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