What are history in general and the history of art?

Donatello-how is my work similar or different from other artists of the renaissance? Who painted the portrait of lady Lilith? What date was lacquer paint invented? Who is artist Robert Heyer -Hayes also signs R Laye? How many 'Blue Boy' paintings are there? What are the most famous inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci? What 3 new goals did giotto identify in paintings? Who invented the pushpin? What is John Singer Sargent's most famous painting? What artists use words in their work? Who was the model for Marianna by John Everett Millais it looks like Effie but the time-line doesn't fit? What is artist liaison? How is renaissance painting different from meddle ages painting? A document in portrait prints are what? Which two of the following cultural centers are most likely to qualify under the 1954 Hague Cultural Property Convention (Protection of Cultural Property pg. 2 of 10)? What did realist painters focused their compositions on? What method did Italian Renaissance artists use to give their flat paintings a sense of depth? Could you define all the eight elements in painting? In Which step of art criticism is the meaning or mood of the artwork determined? How do you describe tone in art?