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op art
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op art
(also op·ti·cal art)
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a form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and color, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely are its most famous exponents.
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Original proof from founder of Op Arts
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...he became one of the fathers of the "Op Art" or Optical Art movement, which originated in the 1960s. Op Art was a rival of the more familiar...cans - - thus the name "Pop Art." Op Art, on the other hand, is all about...
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Op Art.(exhibitions)
Magazine article from: Art Monthly; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Op Art Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt February 17 to May 20 Op Art--the termed coined by...necessarily include works of kinetic art, environmental installations...have come to narrowly define Op Art in the public's mind...
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Beautiful Loser: Op Art Revisited
Magazine article from: Artforum; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Beautiful Loser: Op Art Revisited SO WHY OP NOW? Some forty years after the Museum of Modern Art, New York, introduced Op art to the American public with its landmark 1965 exhibition...
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The Vibrant Op Art of Victor Vasarely.(science and arts education)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: School Arts; 2/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; People tend to find Op Art fascinating because of the reaction of...I decided to integrate math with my Op Art unit. I introduced Victor Vasarely...grade students found Victor Vasarely's Op Art to be very stimulating. Teachers indicated...
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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An Op Art original: over the decades, Edna Andrade created stunning canvases of complex visual images. Now, a new swirl of attention is coming her way.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA); 1/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...painting she did as an art student inspired by the...Bunker, dean of fine arts at the University of Houston...her work, and in the op art movement in general...The University of the Arts, where she taught for...March 1. And the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill...artists were ...
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Op art nature scenes.
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; The Op art movement started in England in...to create something "new." Op art did this by creating an optical...or a flower work well. In Op Art, the background and foreground...will ... * learn about the Op art style in art. * learn about...
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Op-art line design.
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...have enough time for a quality art lesson, after I've given my...and informative. I call it "Op Art Line Design." Over the...style well known for illusions, Op art. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...markers * 12" x 18" white paper * Op art examples * Placemats (to...
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Victor Vasarely, Pioneer of Op Art, Dies at 90
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/17/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...champions of a painting technique called op art, which was influenced by constructivism...new science and technology. For his op art work, he cited the influence of...saying: "Vasarely was the pope of op art and kinetic art. He wanted art...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Another look; State Museum exhibit a trippy exploration of '60s op art.(Arts-Events)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...Times Union {FACTBOX} Exhibit - "OP ART REVISITED: SELECTIONS FROM THE ALBRIGHT...generational cousin of op art was pop art, and while there are no Andy Warhol...apparent in the colors and shapes of "Op Art Revisited." "We're going back...
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Bridget Riley--inspired op-art drawings.
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...high-school fundamentals of art class is an all-encompassing...original Bridget Riley-inspired Op Art drawings. First we use a...anything like that. Granted, our Op Art drawings are far less sophisticated...3" x 5" card is a miniature Op Art drawing. While this is just...
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Op art
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Op art (abbreviation of Optical art , on the analogy...retain much of its effect in reproduction, but Op art also embraces constructions that depend for their effects on light and/or movement, so Op and Kinetic art sometimes overlap. The two...
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op art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
op art , movement that became prominent in the United...1960s. Deriving from abstract expressionism , op art includes paintings concerned with surface...eacute; patterns were characteristic of op works by such artists as Victor Vasarely...
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Paris Opéra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Paris Opéra. French opera house...as Théâtre des Arts, then to rue Favart 1821 and to...x2032; deep). With opening of Opéra Bastille in 1990, the Paris Opéra is now used mainly for...
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The Art of Nothing
Book article from: American Decades
...community—Pop art, op art, and minimalism—...exhausted as the new decade began. Art had entered a postmodern, chaotic...incorporated elements from other arts in an effort to create new forms...the decade saw abstractionist art, and geometric minimalism give...Schapiro ...
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contemporary art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
contemporary art the art of the late 20th cent. and early 21st...an outgrowth and a rejection of modern art . As the force and vigor of abstract expressionism...optical shimmerings of the international op art movement in the paintings of Bridget...
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