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Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
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Founded in 1560 by Saxons who also happened to be Kings of Poland
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Shoot first, ask questions later
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
“Viva os catadores!"
The Ottoman take on the Eastern-style dragon
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‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
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X” Marks the Spot
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Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
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Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
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When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
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Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
She's a Jill of all trades
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Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
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Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
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Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
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Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Remind me who that is?
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Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
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Optical illusions and Kate Moss lookalikes
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Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
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Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
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Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
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Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
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We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
