It excites our imagination, and our imagination turns the Kota figure into a person. Its triangles, cylinders, and parts of circles remind us of eyes, a neck, and hair, and our imagination tells us that we are looking at a human figure. The figure is an example of abstract art, an art that doesn’t intend things to look real.

—A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and
Through the World of Art,
Philip M. Isaacson

Which is an important detail about the Kota figure, based on the passage?

The Kota figure’s creator had a good imagination.
Abstract art depends on human imagination.
The Kota figure includes parts of circles.
Abstract art often uses triangles.

1 answer

The important detail about the Kota figure, based on the passage, is that "Abstract art depends on human imagination." This reflects the key idea in the passage that our imagination transforms the abstract shapes of the Kota figure into the semblance of a human form.