How can unity be maintained when a shape is divided into many small parts?

By keeping similar direction, spacing, or relation among parts

The governing concept is unity through visual relationships. Even when one shape is divided into many pieces, the parts can still be read as belonging together if they share a direction, spacing pattern, contour logic, scale relationship, alignment, colour family, or implied structure. Therefore option A is correct. These repeated or coordinated cues help the eye reconstruct an overall visual group instead of seeing unrelated fragments. Option B would destroy coherence, while option C removes the very forms that must communicate unity. Option D is not a design method; retaining some reference to the original shape often helps the viewer understand the division. Fragmentation can therefore create variety without losing the identity of the whole.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Craft Work. Topic: Collage making.