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Definition: Op Art |
Op ArtNoun1. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Op Art |
| English words defined with "op art": Vasarely, Viktor Vasarely. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Op Art" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Serbo-Croatian (opart). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Op art is a term used to described certain paintings made primarily in the 1960s which exploit the fallibilty of the eye through the use of optical illusions.
Op art works are usually 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, flashing and vibration, or alternatively of swelling or warping.
The term first appeared in print in Time Magazine in October 1964, though works which might now be described as "op art" had been produced for several years previously. It has been suggested that Victor Vasarely's 1930s works such as Zebra (1938), which is made up entirely of diagonal black and white stripes curved in a way to give a three-dimensional impression of a seated zebra, should be considered the first works of op art.
In 1965, a show called The Responsive Eye, made up entirely of works of op art, was held in New York City. This show did a great deal to make op art prominent, and many of the artists now considered important in the style exhibited there. Op art subsequently became tremendously popular, and op art images were used in a number of commercial contexts. Bridget Riley tried to sue an American company, without success, for using one of her paintings as the basis of a fabric design.
Bridget Riley is perhaps the best known of the op artists. Taking Vasarely's lead, she made a number of paintings consisting only of black and white lines. Rather than giving the impression of some real-world object, however, Riley's paintings frequently give the impression of movement or colour.
Riley later produced works in full colour, and other op artists have worked in colour as well, although these works tend to be less well known. Violent contrasts of colour are sometimes used to produce similar illusions of movement.
Other noted op artists include Jesús-Rafael Soto and Richard Anuszkiewicz.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Op art."
| Language | Translations for "op art"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | op-art. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | optikai művészet, op művészet. (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | オブラートに包む (obbligato, obligation, oblique line, optical art, option, optional, optional parts, optional tour, use an indirect expression). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | オプアート (optical art). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | opay artay การศึกษาศิลปะแนวสื่อความหมาย"้วยรูปแบบเรขาค"ิตและสี. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aport. | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: atop, part, port, prao, prat, proa, rapt, rato, rota, taro, tarp, tora, trap, trop. | |
-2 letters: apt, art, oar, oat, opt, ora, ort, par, pat, pot, pro, rap, rat, rot, tao, tap, tar, top, tor. | |
-3 letters: ar, at, op, or, pa, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: captor, cartop, parrot, parton, pastor, patrol, patron, portal, protea, ragtop, raptor, tarpon. | |
+2 letters: adaptor, adopter, airport, airpost, apricot, aprotic, atrophy, atropin, caltrop, captors, carport, compart, esparto, hardtop, marplot, operant, operate, outpray, overapt, parotic, parotid, parrots, parroty, partons, partook, pastors, patriot, patrols, patrons, patroon, phorate, portage, portals, portray, postwar, praetor, probate, prolate, pronate, pronota, prorate, protean, proteas, ragtops, rapport, raptors, readopt, seaport, taproom, taproot, tarpons, topiary. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 70 41 72 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110000 00100000 01000001 01110010 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O p   A r t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0070 0041 0072 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49822358486 |
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