OP Art

Try to count the number of black dots below.

• Developed in the 1950s-60s

• Op Art uses equal values of contrasting colors to cause the viewers eye to move involuntarily.

• This was a total Abstract form of art.

Op Art

• Hard-edge painting- style of art in which the artist uses crisp edges. No brushstrokes.

• Abstract Art- a style of art that shows objects in simplified arrangements of shape, line, texture, and color. Often geometric.

Op Art Elements & Principles1. Balance: is it symmetrical or asymmetrical?2. Pattern: “Multiplicity of Simplicity”…using

the same simple pattern over and over and over…

3. Color: Not necessary, high contrast of black and white gives powerful result.

4. Assimilation: our tendency to minimize things and make them appear uniform.

5. Contrast: exaggerating differences.6. Negative & Positive: negative surrounds

positive, it is behind the figure. Positive is the figure.

7. Line- always gives us positive space. It is an abstract concept.

8. Multiple grouping- when we are confronted by several stimuli and how we organize it.

9. Good figure- the perceptual ability to predict the total entity from minimum information.

10.Proximity- objects that are near one another have a tendency to group.

11.Similarity- all similar things have a tendency to group.

Op ArtistsJosef Albers

Bridget Riley

Victor Vasarely

M.C. Escher