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March 17, 2014. What is Op Art? Standard: EQ: What is Optical Art?. Optical Art. Optical Art. The term Op Art refers to Optical Art. Art that plays tricks on our eyes. It was first called “ kinetic art ” – art which actually moves. Terms We Need to Know. Elements Space: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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January 20, 2015PLEASE write your name on your POP art project and place it in the box on my
desk.
If it is not completed -> YELLOW SHEET in the box.
Bell Ringer:
What is Op Art?
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January 21, 2015
What 3 artists are known for their contributions to Op Art?
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January 22, 2015
What Elements & Principles of Art are associated with Optical Art?
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January 23, 2015
What are 3 other art historical periods that are occurring at the same time as Optical Art?
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Optical Art
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Optical Art
• The term Op Art refers to Optical Art.
• Art that plays tricks on our eyes.
• It was first called “kinetic art” – art which actually moves.
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Terms We Need to Know
Elements
• Space: – There are two types of space; positive
(filled-in) and negative (empty)– Space deals with how open some areas
are and how filled-in others are
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Terms We Need to Know
Principles
• Movement – Can be real (like in mobiles) or created– How the piece is arranged to make our
eyes move• Do our eyes move quickly? Slowly?
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Actual Movement
Visual Movement
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Terms We Need to Know
Principles
• Contrast– The difference between different elements
in a piece of art– The difference in how light and dark the
colors or values in a piece are• Black and white is the greatest contrast you
can have in terms of value
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Flashback to the 1960s• The world was in a state of
flux - everything was changing
• President Kennedy had just been assassinated
• The Civil Rights movement was taking place
• The Beatles were forever changing the sound of music
• The “ideal” 1950s were fading away and the radical change of the 1960s and youth culture were taking place
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The 1960s in Art
• Art during the 1960s was no different.
• Artists had started experimenting with abstract art - art that does not show objects as they appear in real life
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Jackson Pollock was throwing paint around to show movement.
Abstract Expressionism
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Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist),1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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Andy Warhol was creating multiples of pop culture images like Marilyn Monroe.
Pop Art
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Roy Lichtenstein was painting comic book pages.
Pop Art
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And Mark Rothko was trying to capture emotions with fields of color.
Color Field Painting
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Mark Rothko, Four Darks in Red,Oil on Canvas,1958,102 x 116”Whitney Museum of American Art
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Art Had Gone Mad
Gone were the days of painting a portrait or a vase of flowers. Art had to be more thoughtful, more
academic.
The Optical Artists didn’t want to be any different. They based a whole movement
around how we see.
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Victor Vasarely (vah-sah-ray-lee)
• Considered the Father of Op Art.
• French artist who explored visual illusions, and combined geometric shapes with color and value to result in optical illusions.
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Victor Vasarely, Vega 200, 1968,Oil on Canvas,200 x 200 cm,Foundation Vasarely
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Bridget Riley
• Concerned of the most effective Op Art Illusionists.
• British artist concerned with creating movement in black and white and disorientation
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Bridget RileyMovement in Squares, 1961Tempera on Board,48 x 48 “,Private Collection.
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M.C. Escher
• Dutch graphic artist who explored mathematics.
• He featured impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture and tessellations.
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MC Escher, Sky and Water I,1938, Woodcut, 17.1 x 17.3”MC Escher Gallery
Tessellation: Similar to a motif; a shape that is repeated in a work of art that fills the entire space and leaves no empty (negative) spaces nor overlapping parts.
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Let’s try a few…
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#1: Which center circle is bigger?
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#2: What do you notice about the lines that stretch across the image?
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#3: Is this a spiral?
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#4: How many faces do you see?
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Color OpWhen you stare at a color for a long time, then
you stare into an empty space… you can sometimes see the opposite of that color!!
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Color OpWhen you stare at a color for a long time, then
you stare into an empty space… you can sometimes see the opposite of that color!!
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#5: Stare at the center for 15 seconds and then on a white surface– what do you see?
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#6: How many black dots are there?
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#6: What color are the dots?
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#7: How many triangles are there?
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#8: How do the wheels move?
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#9: Do you look through the cylinder from the right, or from the left?
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#10: The Ames RoomCan one girl really be that much bigger
than the other?
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Extra Credit: Click on the link below and open it.
Read about the Ames Room.
Type a ONE PAGE paper on the Ames Room•Double-spaced•Correct grammar & spelling•12 point font – Times New Roman.
DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014
Further Reading: http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/ames_room.html
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Impossible Figures
Objects that can be represented in two-dimensional pictures but cannot exist in three-dimensional space
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You will learn and practice three main types of optical illusions in your sketchbook:- Rail Road Tracks- Circus Tent- Checkerboard
Once you have completed these exercises you will use your handout to come up with 6 more sketches of your own.
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