Op Optical Art uses scientific principles to create the sensation of movement by tricking the viewers eye There are no focal points or centres of interest in optical art Sometimes movement is created through the use of colour and sometimes shapes ID: 601078
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Op Art
Op (“Optical”) Art uses scientific principles to create the sensation of movement by tricking the viewer’s eye.
There are no focal points or centres of interest in optical art.
Sometimes movement is created through the use of colour and sometimes shapes.
Carefully calculated and manipulated.Slide2
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Bridget Riley, in the ’60s and today…Slide5
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Colour Field
Colour Field developed during
the ‘50s,
60’s and 70’s -
owes
much to
artist Mark RothkoRelies solely on flat fields of colour – impression is cool and serene
.Some colour field painting is very loose (eg. Rothko, Frankenthaler, Louis)Some colour field painting is called “hard edge” (eg. Albers, Bush, Stella)
Became important aspects of the interior environment as murals in buildings.Draw viewer into active participation with the work – goal: to create a total environment.Slide7
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Helen Frankenthaler
- Diluted oils soaked into sailcloth
…Slide8
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49:
Josef
A
lbers
Hard edge painting
Studied and taught how colours influence and change one another (the optical illusion of colour)Slide9
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Frank Stella
Used commercial house paint & metallic paint
Based on mechanical drawing tools: rulers, protractors
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T
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squares