Op Art
The Op Art, or Optical Art movement was at its peak in the 1960's and is represented by paintings and sculptures that seem to move and vibrate through the use of optical effects.
Op art, also known as optical art, is a style[1] of visual art that makes use of optical illusions.
Op Art artists
Maurits Cornelius Escher (1898 - 1972)
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Op Art relies on optical illusions and is sometimes called optical art or retinal art.
Op Art is a movement from the 1960s which used precise geometrical patterns painted in vivid colors or black-and-white to create optical illusions of movement and fool the viewer's sense of perspective.
Op art subsequently became tremendously popular, and Op Art images were used in a number of commercial contexts.
Art Movement : Op art
Op art : Op art is a term used to described certain paintings made primarily in the 1960s which exploit the fallibilty of the eye through the use of optical illusions.
Op art, also known as optical art, is a genre of visual art, especially painting, that makes use of optical illusions.
Op art, also known as optical art, is used to describe some paintings and other works of art which use optical illusions.
Op artists were typically concerned with the behavior of the eye, and they developed abstract compositions to explore a variety of optical phenomena.
Op art.
Term used as an abbreviation of ‘optical art' to refer to painting and sculpture that exploits the illusions or optical effects of perceptual processes.
Bridget Riley and Op Art
White Disks, Bridget Riley, 1964. She wrote, 'The uncertainties of a drawn structure increase when it is composed of similar, repeated elements.
OP ART
KEY DATES: 1960s
Op Art or Optical Art is the term used to describe paintings or sculptures which seem to swell and vibrate through their use of optical effects.
Op Art
Short for optical art. This term was coined in 1964 by George Rickey. This style is abstract by nature and is based on trying to cause the illusion of movement with a stationary two dimensional surface.
Op Art
History, Characteristics of Optical or Retinal Art.
Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art - HOMEPAGE
Movement In Squares (1961).
By Bridget Riley, one of Britain's
leading abstract painters.
Op Art
"Optical Painting", a 1960s movement characterized by geometrical forms that create an optical illusion in which the eye is required to blend the colours at a certain distance.
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Op Art
A modern art movement and style in which artists created very effective images having the novelty of optical illusions as the main focus of the artwork.
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op art An abstract movement in Europe and the United States, begun in the mid-1950s, based on the effects of optical patterns. Albers worked in this style.
Op Art - Short for Optical Art, a style popular in the 1960s that was based on optical principles and optical illusion. Op Art deals in complex color interactions, to the point where colors and lines seem to vibrate before the eyes ...
Op Art
Op art (short for optical art) is a style of non-representational painting in which precise arrangements of colour, line or shape are used to create the illusion of movement, light or space.
OP ART short for "Optical Art." An art movement in the 1950's-60's where artists used abstract, geometric shapes and patterns to create optical illusions and the impression of movement.
Op Art: 1950s to 1960s
Optical Art is a mathematically-themed form of Abstract art, which uses repetition of simple forms and colors to create vibrating effects, moiré patterns, foreground-background confusion, an exaggerated sense of depth, ...
OP ART - An art movement of the twentieth century in which artists used optical illusion to create the impression of movement.
Op Art (Late 1950s-1960s): all media. Op Art contrasted its Abstract Expressionist ancestor by creating a nonobjective art based entirely upon patterns of lines and colors which affected the viewer's perception.
plop art - Any work which is neither site-specific nor appealing to the viewer. Invariably a term of derision, this term was coined by Americans in the public art community.
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Optical Painting (Op Art) An art style particularly popular in the 1960s in which line and color are manipulated in ways that stimulate the eye into believing it perceives movement.
op art - art in which lines, forms and space are organized to give optical illusions, such as the appearance of movement * ...
Op ArtThe 1960s movement known as Optical Painting is characterized by geometrical forms that create an optical illusion in which the eye is required to blend the colors at a certain distance.
Perceptual Abstraction - A name for what is more often called Op Art.
perfect and perfection - Perfect is the quality of being without defect or blemish; accurate, exact; complete, utter; absolute. Or, completely suited for a particular purpose.
Yet even the old Op Artists were tolerable in their optical vibrancy, whereas Léger is relentless, vulgar and visually debilitating.
When placed next to one another, complementary colors will make one another appear much more intense, sometimes in an "eye-popping" sense, which was utilized by Op artists of the 1960's to create optical effects.
 See also: Painting, Movement, Sculpture, Expression, Realism
  
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