Which option treats shape as a medium of idea-making in art?

Creating identity, structure, mood, symbol, and spatial relation through shape

The governing concept is shape as a meaning-making medium rather than a passive contour. Artists use shape to identify a person, object, or group; organize structure; establish rhythm and balance; suggest mood; form symbols; and define relationships between occupied and unoccupied areas. Option A is correct because it recognizes these formal and conceptual functions together. A shape can communicate identity or symbolism even before detailed realism is added. B reduces shape to an outline, C denies its central role in visual language, and D confuses the idea of shape with one possible physical manipulation of paper. Meaning emerges from the shape’s form, context, arrangement, and relation to viewers.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Elements of Art. Topic: Shape.