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4th Grade Art Smart
Zebegen
by Victor Vasarely
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Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)• Hungarian born in 1908• Moved to France in 1930 (considered a
French Painter)• Worked as a Graphic Designer • Early work was in complex black & white
patterns• Added intense color contrasts later in work• “Father” of OP ART• Died in 1997
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Optical ArtEvolved around 1960 Creates an Optical Illusion (A misleading image.)
Is Abstract (not concrete/realistic)
Uses Visual Contrast(A large difference between two things; for example, rough and smooth, yellow and purple, light and shadow. )
Comprised of Shapes geometric (square, triangle, circle) and organic (irregular in outline)
often appears – to the human eye – to be moving or breathing due to its precise, mathematically-based composition
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Examples of his work:
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9 Style GroupsHis art is categorized chronologically into different
but sometimes overlapping styles
1. Graphic
2. Belle Isle
3. Denfert
4. Cystal-Gordes
5. Black – White
6. Planetary Folklore
7. Vonal
8. Gestalt
9. Universal Structures
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Planetary FolkloreAll over pattern
Uses 2 color units withcontrasting colors
Consists of two geometric elements that fit one intothe other
Zebegen 1964
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Examples of His Planetary Folklore Style
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Primary Colors The basic colors from which all colors are
mixedRed, Yellow & Blue No other colors can be mixed to make
primary colors.
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Secondary Colors• Green, Violet & Orange• Created by mixing two primary colors
together in equal parts
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Intermediate (Tertiary) ColorsA color mixed from a primary and secondary
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Cool colors
Warm colors
Color wheel
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Vocabulary:Composition:
Geometric Shapes:
Hue:
Value:
Intensity:
To create, form or design something by arranging parts to create a unified whole.
Any shapes and/or forms based on math principles, such as square/cube, circle/sphere, triangle/cone, pyramid etc…
Another name for color.
The lightness or darkness of a color.
The brightness or dullness of a color.
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Project:Fold 9 x 9 paper in ½ and then in ½ again to
form 16 squares.Brainstorm a simple design unit can be made
using circles, triangles, and squares. (refer to print)
Pick a pair of complementary colors: red/green, blue/orange or violet/yellow.
Design op art pattern using crayons and one or two design units. (vary placement & arrangement to draw the eye around the design)