Optical painting

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.

"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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The term first appeared in print in Time magazine in October 1964 in response to Julian Stanczak's show Optical Paintings at the Martha Jackson gallery, ...

Optical Painting - Optical painting is painting that is concerned with illusionism, perception, and the physiological effects of colour ...more info ...

The term "Op art" may have been first used by artist and writer Donald Judd, in a review of an exhibition of "Optical Paintings" by Julian Stanczak.

Op Art The 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.

See also: Painting, Op art, Movement, Harmony, Impression