2007-05-08 17:04:05 · 4 answers · asked by Jen 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
Opart was popular in the 60's - it refers to "optical illusions" - usually repeated patterns like those postcards with those patterns you are supposed to see another image in. Pax - C
2007-05-08 17:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A twentieth century art movement and style in which artists sought to create an impression of movement on the picture surface by means of optical illusion. It is derived from, and is also known as Optical Art and Perceptual Abstraction. In the 1960s art world, some critics faulted Op Art's persistent involvement with optical illusion at a time when "the flatness of the picture plane" was the mantra on either side of the Color Field - Minimalist aisle. Clement Greenberg saw flatness as painting's essence. Donald Judd saw it as an escape route into three dimensions"
2007-05-09 00:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Annabella-VInylist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the barber asks me how I would like my hair combed I say, O part it down the middle.
2007-05-08 17:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by Danny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~Apart spelled wrong?
2007-05-08 17:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋