Question

Twentieth-century sculpture was more abstract than realistic, especially when artists ____ human form.

A. had depicted
B. are depicting
C. depicted
D. depict

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Had depicted

Because it is far past so we will use past perfect tense

Answer 2

Twentieth-century sculpture was more abstract than realistic, especially when artists depicted human form.

Option - C

Step-by-step explanation:

With the word "was" which is the "singular past of be-verb" we can identify that the first part of the sentence is given in the past tense.

So, here in the blank, we have to use the past tense form of the word "depict" that is depicted.

Past Tense: It is used to describe situations or things that have happened already

(Example: yesterday, earlier in the day, ten years ago, last week).