OPTICAL ART: A Contemporary, Eye-Opening Art Movement

Menu: **  HOME ** What is Art? ** Introduction and the History of Op Art ** Interactive Possibilities:           Virtual Communities ** Software Information:           Visit this site for more  information on Escher-inspired software. **  Interactive Op Art:       Anfy Paint (ShockWave required)       SpyroZeeks Paint ** Effects of Technology on the Interactivity of Optical Art ** Image Gallery of Op Art ** Escher Links:        World of Escher        Etropolis.com ** Other Op Artists' Links:          Victor Vasarely          Bridget Riley          Salvador Dali ** Conclusion **  Bibliography ** Information about ME:          Name: Vann - Ly Cheng          Occupation: Student         EMAIL ME ** HOME

"Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes the visible." - Paul Klee

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"Looking out through the eyes, the brain sees the world." -Richard Gregory

Here's one of Eschers's famous lithographs: Drawing Hands, 1948.  We are shown a drawing of a hand, drawing a hand,drawing a hand.

Op art creates the illusion of movement.

"That which is static and repetitive is boring.  That which is dynamic and random is confusing.  In between lies art." -John A. Locke

Op art suggests movement and depth in the artwork.

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Zebras, by Victor Vasarely

"Op art is one of the most interesting facets of the art of this modern world of computerization." -John Lancaster

Op art gives sensations of movements which result from the act of perception, and this is created by images on the picture surface. (Lancaster, 34)

I Love M.C. Escher By: Hans Kuiper http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/Hans.Kuiper

For more images, please visit my Image Gallery !

(c).  By Vann-Ly Cheng, 2002.