Art History Crossword Puzzles: Free Printable and Online

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Art and Artists

Medium · 11×11 · 11 words
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  1. 1. Spanish master of the Cubist movement
  2. 4. A rough or unfinished drawing to capture an idea
  3. 6. Functional art made from fired clay
  4. 8. Large scale artworks applied directly to walls
  5. 9. An assemblage of different forms and materials

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  1. 1. Board used by artists to mix various pigments
  2. 2. Life category featuring inanimate objects
  3. 3. Black carbon tool used for high contrast drawings
  4. 5. Picture made from small pieces of glass or stone
  5. 6. A crayon made of powdered pigment and binder
  6. 7. The wooden tripod that supports a working artist

Art History

Easy · 7×7 · 6 words
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  1. 1. French painter famous for his series of water lilies
  2. 4. A three-dimensional work of art carved from stone or wood
  3. 5. The heavy fabric used by artists for oil paintings

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  1. 1. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling
  2. 2. A wooden frame used for holding an artist's work while painting
  3. 3. A picture made from small colored pieces of glass or tile

Art History

Easy · 7×7 · 6 words
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  1. 4. Woven fabric surface used for oil painting
  2. 5. Dark fluid used with a pen for drawing
  3. 6. Type of thick medium favored by classical painters

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  1. 1. To cut into stone or wood to create a figure
  2. 2. Stick of powdered color used for drawing
  3. 3. Colored liquid used to create visual art

Art History

Hard · 15×15 · 23 words
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  1. 1. He made a good impression with water lilies
  2. 3. Fast-drying plastic for modern strokes
  3. 6. Impressionist who kept his subjects on their toes
  4. 7. Medium rhyming with a squash but far more refined
  5. 9. Artist who made a point of painting on Sunday
  6. 11. Fresh start on a wet plaster wall
  7. 14. Light work in the shadows, contrastingly
  8. 17. Slippery medium favored by old masters
  9. 19. Painter who blocked out his feelings in color
  10. 20. Anti-art infant babble
  11. 21. Wooden tripod lacking a camera
  12. 22. Viennese symbolist with a golden touch

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  1. 2. Tooth coating found on ancient jewelry
  2. 4. Impressionist known for boating parties
  3. 5. Spanish romantic with a dark period
  4. 6. Surrealist with time melting away
  5. 8. Art that does not play by reality's rules
  6. 10. Florence's claim to fame that ended the Dark Ages
  7. 12. Chiseled figure trying not to lose its head
  8. 13. Facing the canvas for a personal reflection
  9. 15. Grill remnant used for shading
  10. 16. Parisian pad where Mona Lisa hangs out
  11. 18. Sculptor who always had a lot to think about

Art History

Medium · 11×11 · 14 words
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  1. 2. Austrian symbolist known for his golden phase
  2. 5. Absurdist movement that championed a urinal as a fountain
  3. 7. Leading figure who turned soup cans into high culture
  4. 8. Three-dimensional creative work
  5. 13. Prestigious Madrid institution featuring works by Velazquez
  6. 14. Fast-drying medium historically bound with egg yolk

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  1. 1. Traditional woven fabric for oil paintings
  2. 3. Technique where paint is laid on an area very thickly
  3. 4. Mexican icon celebrated for her uncompromising self-portraits
  4. 6. Dark, smudgy medium favored for expressive life drawings
  5. 9. Fragmented movement pioneered by Picasso and Braque
  6. 10. Former Parisian palace that now houses the Mona Lisa
  7. 11. Artist whose impression of a sunrise gave a movement its name
  8. 12. Spanish romantic who painted dark, haunting visions

Art History

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 2. Sculpture showing a head and shoulders
  2. 4. Building where historical treasures are displayed
  3. 5. Creative expression through visual media
  4. 6. Person who poses for a portrait

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  1. 1. Decorative border surrounding a picture
  2. 2. Bristled tool used to apply color
  3. 3. Large artwork created directly on a wall

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