What aesthetic style do all 4 Buster Keaton shorts share?
Symmetry, frames, parallel lines and circular imagery
How is symmetry seen in Scarecrow?
The characters sitting at the table at each end of the frame in symmetry and the hanging pots create horizontal, vertical and diagonal patterns
How is symmetry seen in Cops?
Wooden plank across the fence creates a seesaw effect.
What is was art like in the 1920s and 1930s?
Art in this period featured geometric shapes and reflected the flourishing industrial age and an interest in the movement of trains and ships
What was the period of time celebrated for in art?
Celebrated the creativity of engineering and was also one of technological change, as the production line method of factory production was introduced by Ford in 1907.
