Quiz

1. What was the name of the famous international photographic exhibition of the 1950's that showed images of life and work from around the world? Family of man
2. Who argued that beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Immanual Kant
3. What is an isotype? Symbol/image thats not culturally specific.
4. In what year was the festival of britain? 1951
5. What was the significance of the helmet in the festival of britain logo? Britania/ Roman empire
6. In what decade was the first photograph taken? 1820's
7. What is an indexical sign? Shadow / smoke - indicates something was there.
8. Who coined the phrase 'form follows function'?Louis Sullivan 
9. To which country did the futurists belong? Italy
10. What was the name of the building in which the great exhibition was held? Crystal Palace
11. what dates marked the beginning and end of the modern period? 1860-1960
12. What was Haussmanisation? Rebuilding of Paris
13. Who reffered to his typography as 'words in freedom'? Marinette
14. To which art movement does the idea of automatic drawing belong? Surrealism