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	Op art

no1loveart

6-6-2008 10:28 AM

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no1loveart says:

Bridget Riley early work from Op art movement. Shape, colour, relate science to art, how our brain 'sees' colour' and makes shapes and directions that are not there.

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<I>Movement in Squares</I>, by <A title="Bridget Riley" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Riley">Bridget Riley</A>, <A title="1961" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961">1961</A>.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Op_art&oldid=214298412"><P>"Optical Art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing."<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-0">[1]</A></SUP> Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made in only 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.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Op_art&oldid=214298412"><P><B>Op art</B>, also known as <B>optical art</B>, is a genre of visual <A title="Art" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art">art</A>, especially <A title="Painting" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting">painting</A>, that makes use of <A title="Optical illusion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_illusion">optical illusions</A>. Op art is also known as <B>geometric abstraction</B> and <B>hard-edge abstraction</B>, although the preferred term for it is <B>perceptual abstraction.</B></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/73D13FA2-A10A-4ACF-9785-C9910DEF2E72/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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