Can you think of a historically significant reason why cinema is helpful to us today when looking back at the turn of the 20th century?

Explanation:

Cinema is one of the important historical documents. When we watch films from the turn of the 20th century we can see a lot about the society of that era. In the movies, it is clear what were the important topics of the society at that time, what were the beauty standards, what their views of the world were, etc.

Additionally, the cinematic industry can tell us more about politics as cinema was often used as a means of propaganda since its invention. Various mainstream movies were made to convey the specific messages, and by watching certain movies we can see what were the political thoughts of the time. Hollywood cinema, for example, was in service of American politics, and if we watch a movie made at the turn of the century in Hollywood, we could analyze it and see what were political questions at the time and what was the mainstream thought of the society.

i believe the answer is: a.  abstract forms were often used to represent human figures.

representing human figures in abstract forms is often used in the geometric period, not hellenistic  period.   during the hellenistic  period,   aesthetic value derived from creating arts which mimic the actual shape of a certain object or individuals.

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artists followed a set of rules to achieve ideal proportion.