Art History 101

4. a painting made of pigment suspended in oil
6. the art of emotive or carefully descriptive hand lettering or handwriting
8. fast-drying painting medium made from pigment mixed with water-soluble binder
9. The person, object, or space depicted in a work of art
11. fire-hardened clay, often painted, and normally sealed with a shiny protective coating
12. the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.
15. a fundamental change in political organization.

1. characterized by lightness, elegance, and an exuberant use of curving natural forms in ornamentation
2. a period of cultural and artistic change in Europe from the 14th to the 17th century
3. European artistic and architectural style of the late 16th to early 18th century, characterized by extravagance and emotional intensity
5. The Study of art from across the world.
7. the revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music
10. movement in 19th century European culture, concerned with the power of the imagination and greatly valuing intense feeling.
13. an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture.
14. the material on or from which an artist chooses to make a work of