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“ Op ” Art

“ Op ” Art. The Art of Optical Illusion. Adapted From a Presentation Created by Rock Ledge Elementary Fine Art Program, Seymour, WI Original Source: http://www.seymour.k12.wi.us/rle/art/grade_level_units.html. What is “ Op ” ?.

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“ Op ” Art

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  1. “Op” Art The Art of Optical Illusion Adapted From a Presentation Created by Rock Ledge Elementary Fine Art Program, Seymour, WI Original Source: http://www.seymour.k12.wi.us/rle/art/grade_level_units.html

  2. What is “Op”? • “Op” is short for optical. Optical means having to do with the eye.

  3. You may have heard of an “Optical Illusion.” • An optical illusion plays with the way you see something. • It is trying to trick your eye! Is the ball moving?

  4. Are the balls white or gray?

  5. Op Art • Optical Art is a mathematically-themed form of Abstract art.

  6. Op Art The point of optical art is to confuse the eye.

  7. Examples of Op Art

  8. Look at this picture again… • In Op art, the dark colors recede while the light colors advance.

  9. The Beginning of Op Art • Optical Art started in the 1960’s with Bridget Riley! • Bridget Riley is one of the most well known British artists and creators of Op Art.

  10. Bridget Riley • She was born in 1931 in London. • In 1960’s she began working just in black and white. • In the 1980’s she started adding color.

  11. Bridget Riley • She transformed art by exploring the dynamic effects of optical phenomena. • Later nick named “Op Art”

  12. Bridget Riley • Movement in Squares • 1961 • Tempera paint on canvas

  13. Bridget Riley • Blaze 1 • 1962 • Emulsion on Hardboard

  14. Bridget Riley • Arrest 1 • 1965 • Emulsion on Canvas

  15. Bridget Riley

  16. Bridget Riley

  17. Compare and Contrast Activity Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night Bridget Riley’s Op Art

  18. Your Project! • You will be creating your own optical illusion! • We will be creating a design with pencils and rulers, painting that design with complementary colors, and then adding shapes to make the optical illusion. • These shapes will be raised from the painting, but will also be painted.

  19. Artsonia Examples! • http://www.artsonia.com/museum/slideshow.asp?exhibit=12605

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