Op Art or Optical Art

Op Art or
Optical Art
Op Art or Optical Art
Op Art or Optical Art:
A twentieth century art movement and
style in which artists sought to create
an impression of movement on the
picture surface by means of optical
illusion.
Op Art or Optical Art
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972), Balcony, 1945,
lithograph, 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (29.7 x 23.4 cm), National Gallery
of Art, Washington, DC. In the center of this picture of a hillside
town, Escher said he tried to break up the paper's flatness by
"pretend[ing] to give it a blow with my fist at the back, but . . . the
paper remains flat, and I have only created the illusion of an
illusion."
Op Art or Optical Art
Victor Vasarely is
widely regarded as
the father of OpArt.
Victor Vasarely, Quasar-Fugue,
1966-1973, oil on canvas,
Op Art or Optical Art
Victor Vasarely
Lang
1981
Op Art or Optical Art
Victor Vasarely, Blue-Black
Op Art or Optical Art
Victor Vasarely,
Circa
1970
Op Art or Optical Art
Victor Vasarely,
Op Art or Optical Art
Op Art or Optical Art
Op Art or Optical Art
Op Art or Optical Art
Op Art or Optical Art
Vocabulary: balance, repetition,
movement, radial, Op Art, optical illusion,
concentric circle, vertical lines, horizontal
lines.
Objectives: Students will be able to…
Create an original optical illusion design
using pattern and repetition.
Evaluate each space in the design to
determine which color value needs to be in
the pattern.
Op Art or Optical Art
Op Art or Optical Art
Criteria:
1. Create perspective with a checkerboard
background.
2. Use at least 3 spheres in a variety of sizes
(The use of contrast in size creates variety and an
interesting rhythm )
3. Contrasting color – (complementary colors or warm/
cool colors).
4Value (lights and darks) and blended colors.
5. Craftsmanship in the overall design.
6. Coloring of background and objects is accurate
and done NEATLY.
Op Art or Optical Art
Op Art or Optical Art
Work cited:
www.artnet.com/Artists
/www.vasarely.com/
www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons