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How is the technique of movement created in Optical Art? What effects does it produce?
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ART How is the technique of movement created in Optical Art? What effects does it produce? With the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the 19th century, new art styles and movements appeared and disappeared at an increasingly fast pace, thus reflecting the growing rate of changes in our society. How is movement created in Optical Art? And what effects does it produce? Op Artists, Bridget Riley (1931-) and Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) demonstrates this clearly in their unique paintings, which will be explained in this essay. Optical Art, also commonly known as 'Op Art' is a movement, which was most prominent between the years 1965 and 1968. Op Art first grabbed public attention when an article appeared in Americas "Time" magazine, October 1964, through works that might now be described as 'Op Art' had been produced for several years previously. It has been suggested that Victor Vasarely's...
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