I. Optical Art Background/History Optical Art is a type of art that using the “illusion” of seeing something that does not exist. This art style tricks the brain into seeing things that do not exist or things that are not actually happening. There is a lot of repeating lines, shapes, and images, which sometimes appear to be moving. The term Op Art first appeared in Time Magazine in October 1964. Op Art is still a big part of the today's world and culture. Optical illusions are awesome to look at, as they contain colorful images. Some people like this style of art, although some dislike this style as it an hurt their eyes or causes headaches. Optical Art is important for many reasons, but one of the reasons is that it creates a wider
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What is the difference between Abstract Art and Pop Art? Abstract Art does not necessarily mean anything or is supposed to represent anything. Artists who were a part of this movement, were free to create anything they wanted, including any kinds of shapes, colors, and lines. At first, people thought Abstract Art was ugly and that art should have some type of theme, meaning, or clear object. Eventually, people begin to like the idea of Abstract Art and actually started to enjoy it. Abstract Art styles are still used today and has led to the creation of a few other styles too. Pop Art was created in the 1950's in the United States and Britain. Usually, Pop Art uses abstractedness and expressionism to create art based on events that were happening at the time the art was created. In addition, Pop Art uses cut-outs from other items, color and shapes, and original designs and creations to create a usually crowded piece of …show more content…
Well Known Works Created by Victor Vasarely Over his professional career as an artist, Victor Vasarely had created many works. Of his many works, he has used many different types of canvases, such as plexiglas, aluminums, wood, and silk are just a few of the various forms he used in his work..Some of the works I find inspiring, I have summarized below. Zebras, 1965 – This piece is silkscreen on plexiglas. This is a remarkable black and white piece of optical art. AXO 99, 1957 – This is an acrylic on wood sculpture that displays colorful cubes in a three-dimensional affect that has different ranges of depth. Helius, 1967 – This was a silkscreen painted on plexiglas box. It displays of intricate green optical figures against a clear background in a three-dimensional form, which allows us to view this piece of art from 360 degrees, with the images shifting slightly from each point of view. Colonne, 1987 - This was hand-painted with acrylic on a wood sculpture. It was a tower created in honor of Vasarely's 80th birthday. This piece of art consisted of the circles and squares painted in purple, red, blue and green combined to create a larger, geometric piece of work. The price of this spectacular piece of work is available to purchase for
What is the difference between Abstract Art and Pop Art? Abstract Art does not necessarily mean anything or is supposed to represent anything. Artists who were a part of this movement, were free to create anything they wanted, including any kinds of shapes, colors, and lines. At first, people thought Abstract Art was ugly and that art should have some type of theme, meaning, or clear object. Eventually, people begin to like the idea of Abstract Art and actually started to enjoy it. Abstract Art styles are still used today and has led to the creation of a few other styles too. Pop Art was created in the 1950's in the United States and Britain. Usually, Pop Art uses abstractedness and expressionism to create art based on events that were happening at the time the art was created. In addition, Pop Art uses cut-outs from other items, color and shapes, and original designs and creations to create a usually crowded piece of …show more content…
Well Known Works Created by Victor Vasarely Over his professional career as an artist, Victor Vasarely had created many works. Of his many works, he has used many different types of canvases, such as plexiglas, aluminums, wood, and silk are just a few of the various forms he used in his work..Some of the works I find inspiring, I have summarized below. Zebras, 1965 – This piece is silkscreen on plexiglas. This is a remarkable black and white piece of optical art. AXO 99, 1957 – This is an acrylic on wood sculpture that displays colorful cubes in a three-dimensional affect that has different ranges of depth. Helius, 1967 – This was a silkscreen painted on plexiglas box. It displays of intricate green optical figures against a clear background in a three-dimensional form, which allows us to view this piece of art from 360 degrees, with the images shifting slightly from each point of view. Colonne, 1987 - This was hand-painted with acrylic on a wood sculpture. It was a tower created in honor of Vasarely's 80th birthday. This piece of art consisted of the circles and squares painted in purple, red, blue and green combined to create a larger, geometric piece of work. The price of this spectacular piece of work is available to purchase for