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Princeton's WordNet
op artnoun
a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve
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op artnoun
A genre of abstract art that uses geometric shapes and vivid colours to create optical illusions, such as an illusion of movement.
Etymology: Short for optical art.
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Op art
Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions.Op artworks are abstract, with many better-known pieces created in black and white. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibrating patterns, or swelling or warping.
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Op Art, short for Optical Art, is a genre of visual art that uses optical illusions to create dynamic, often interactive, visual effects. It emerged in the mid-20th century and features abstract patterns and designs in stark contrasts of color and shape, displayed in a way that leads to an impression of movement, hidden images, flashing, vibration, or sometimes even swelling or warping. Key figures in this art movement include Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely.
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Op art
Op art, also known as optical art, is a style of visual art that makes use of optical illusions. "Optical art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing." Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made in black and white. When the viewer looks at them, the impression is given of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibration, patterns, or alternatively, of swelling or warping.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of op art in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of op art in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of op art in a Sentence
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
Hilary Alexander, Sunday Telegraph (1993):
To the accountants, a true work of art is an investment that hangs on the wall.
Congresswoman, let me ask you about something Harry Reid told me just before his passing in interviews this year. He said it’s time to get rid of the filibuster, he did issue a cautionary warning about expanding the Supreme Court, so he was an institutionalist in many ways. But as somebody who, you know, practiced the art of the filibuster and so on as a Senate leader, at the end of his life, he was warning the country that this is standing in the way of important progress.
You would never burn a Picasso or any piece of art you invested in and had a passion for, your tattoo is also art with a unique story, just on a different canvas.
Interest in metiers d'art has grown strongly over recent years in line with interest in all things crafted and more individualistic, it's a natural evolution for the watch too. Since we have all these devices giving us the time, the watch is becoming more of a decorative piece. Besides, movement development is so time and investment-intensive that to make the mechanically unique is rarely possible in the way it is with metiers d'art.
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