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    This document provides information about optical art and illusionism in art. It begins with definitions of optical art, illusion, and abstract art. It then discusses the Op Art movement which began in the 1960s and aimed to create optical illusions through careful use of elements like shape, color, and line. It profiles some famous Op Art artists like Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley who were pioneers in the style. The document also provides a brief biography of M.C. Escher, known for his mathematically constructed impossible structures, and discusses modern illusionist artists who continue the tradition through techniques like trompe l'oeil.

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    This document provides information about optical art and illusionism in art. It begins with definitions of optical art, illusion, and abstract art. It then discusses the Op Art movement which began in the 1960s and aimed to create optical illusions through careful use of elements like shape, color, and line. It profiles some famous Op Art artists like Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley who were pioneers in the style. The document also provides a brief biography of M.C. Escher, known for his mathematically constructed impossible structures, and discusses modern illusionist artists who continue the tradition through techniques like trompe l'oeil.

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    This document provides information about optical art and illusionism in art. It begins with definitions of optical art, illusion, and abstract art. It then discusses the Op Art movement which began in the 1960s and aimed to create optical illusions through careful use of elements like shape, color, and line. It profiles some famous Op Art artists like Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley who were pioneers in the style. The document also provides a brief biography of M.C. Escher, known for his mathematically constructed impossible structures, and discusses modern illusionist artists who continue the tradition through techniques like trompe l'oeil.

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    Optical Art: Anamorphosis

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    This document provides information about optical art and illusionism in art. It begins with definitions of optical art, illusion, and abstract art. It then discusses the Op Art movement which began in the 1960s and aimed to create optical illusions through careful use of elements like shape, color, and line. It profiles some famous Op Art artists like Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley who were pioneers in the style. The document also provides a brief biography of M.C. Escher, known for his mathematically constructed impossible structures, and discusses modern illusionist artists who continue the tradition through techniques like trompe l'oeil.

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    OPTICAL ART Name: ____________________________ PER.

    ____

    FILL OUT ENTIRE PACKET

    OPTICAL DEFINTION: of or relating to sight,


    especially in relation to the physical action of OP ART MOVEMENT
    light.
    BEGAN IN THE 1960’S
    ILLUSION:
    1. A thing that is or is likely to be wrongly OP ARTISTS believed art had to be
    perceived or interpreted by the senses. more thoughtful, more academic.
    2. A deceptive appearance or impression.
    3. A false idea or belief. OP ART IS A UNIQUE TYPE OF
    ABSTRACT ART –

    OP ART CREATES AN ILLUSION!!

    FAMOUS OP ART ARTISTS:

    ▪ Op art, also known as optical art, is used to VICTOR VASERELY:


    describe some paintings and other works of art
    ▪ (1906-1997)- He is the
    which use optical illusions.
    acknowledged leader of the Op Art
    movement.

    ▪ In the 1930-40’s, Vasarely


    discovered his place in abstract art.

    ▪ French artist who was concerned


    E.O.C. TERM: ABSTRACT ART is a style of Art that does not with making flat canvases appear to
    look realistic . have volume and roundness
    Abstract Artwork doesn’t look like a person or a car or a building. BRIDGET RILEY
    An Artist usually always begins with a real idea and then changes
    it to create an abstract design. ▪ 1931 - ) British artist concerned
    with creating movement in black
    and white and disorientation
    ANAMORPHOSIS DEFINITION
    [Grab your reader’s attention with a great quote from the
    document or use this space to emphasize a key point. To place
    ▪ In 2012, she became the first
    this text box
    Webster's anywhere
    1913 on the page, just drag it.]
    Dictionary: woman to receive the Sikkens Prize,
    A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an the Dutch art prize recognizing the
    image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed
    from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or use of color.
    through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a
    deformation of an image.
    M.C. Escher Bio

    Full Name: Maurits Cornelis Escher

    Born—Where: Holland When: 1898

    What helped him to survive school? ART!

    ▪ Op-Art exists to fool the eye M.C. Escher built and designed complex structures mathematically.
    He used NO computer graphics, video simulation, or digital
    ▪ Op-Art is abstract and non-objective technology to create his drawings. This caused his drawings to look
    VERY REAL.
    ▪ The elements (shape, color, line) are
    carefully chosen to fit the design Escher’s idea of reality was not like anyone else’s. “The subjects he
    chose were seen from unusual angles, as extreme close-ups, or
    ▪ High contrast eerie reflections.”

    ▪ Positive and negative space are equally


    important 1950’s his fame began to spread. Perspective is a system for creating
    the illusion of depth on a flat surface and Escher distorted
    perspective to construct his impossible worlds.

    The artist created elaborate vistas with three or four vanishing


    points (the point on the eye-level line where the receding lines
    appear to meet), scenes in which up is down and left is right, and
    perspectives that curve in ways that are not physically possible.

    M.C. Escher died in 1972 at the age of 73.


    MODERN ILLUSION ARTISTS FAVORITE ESCHER QUOTE (Choose one from the reading:)

    trompe l'oeil definition:


    visual ILLUSIONS in art, especially as used to
    TRICK the EYE into perceiving a painted detail
    as a three-dimensional object & or space.

    1. PETER KOGLER

    2. JULIAN BEEVER JULIAN BEEVER

    3. EDGAR MUELLER EDGAR MUELLER

    4. ISTVAN ORVOSZ

    OPTICAL ART TECHNIQUES


     DRAW/COMPLETE EACH STEP
     FILL IN THE BLANKS FOR THE STEPS
    “BUBBLE OUT”

    *CRITICAL! YOU MUST HAVE AN EVEN NUMBER OF


    CHECKERS! ODD # WON’T WORK!

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