Wordplay Quiz Solutions

A week ago i had posted Wordplay quiz wherein you were asked to find the words and the connecting words by decoding shapes into letters. Only two people have managed to crack it till now, viz. my brother Mayank Suri and a friend Harshdeep Singh.
For those who are still stuck up, here are the answers:

The words in the same order are:
1. BOTTICELLI
2. LEONARDO
3. RAPHAEL
4. DALI
5. PICASSO
and connecting word being PAINTERS.
Cheers!