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Op Art - The Art of Optical Illusion Bridget Riley What is Op Art? Op is short for optical. Optical means having to do with the eye. You may have heard of an optometrist. An optometrist is an eye doctor. Op Art began

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Op Art - The Art of Optical Illusion

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Bridget Riley

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What is “Op” Art?

  • “Op” is short for optical. Optical

means having to do with the eye.

  • You may have heard of an
  • ptometrist. An optometrist is an

eye doctor.

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Op Art began in the 1960’s

  • Optical Art is a

mathematically-themed form art

  • The point of optical

art is to confuse the eye.

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Bridget Riley

  • Bridget Riley was

born in 1931 in London.

  • Bridget Riley is a well

known creator of Op

  • Art. Her work is

characterized by its intensity and its often disorientating effect.

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Bridget Riley

  • In 1960, she began

working initially in black and white

  • She evolved a style

in which she explored the dynamic effects of

  • ptical phenomena
  • r Op art.

Movement in Squares, 1961 Tempera

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Bridget Riley

  • Bridget Riley

Blaze 1, 1962 Emulsion on Hardboard, 43x43 in.

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Bridget Riley

  • Bridget Riley

Descending, 1965 Emulsion on Hardboard, 36x36 in.

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Bridget Riley

  • Bridget Riley

Arrest 1, 1965 Emulsion on Canvas, 70x681/4 in.

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Bridget Riley

  • Bridget Riley

Cataract 3, 1967 PVA on Canvas, 87x873/4 in.

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Bridget Riley

  • Bridget Riley

Orient 4, 1970 Acrylic on Canvas, 88x127 in.

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Bridget Riley

  • Around the 1980’s

her extensive exploration of color and contrast began.

Dominance Portfolio, Blue, 1977

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Bridget Riley

  • Orphean Elegy I

(1978)

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  • Ease (1987)

Bridget Riley

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Bridget Riley

  • Echo (2000)

Silkscreen

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Bridget Riley

  • Carnival (2000)

Silkscreen

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Is the ball moving?

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Are the intersections white or gray?

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Here’s more “Op Art.”

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 In Op art, the dark colors

recede while the light colors advance.

Look at this picture again…

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Student Created Op Art

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