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Movement in Squares, by Bridget Riley 1961. Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. [ 1] Op artworks are abstract, with many better-known pieces created in black and white. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibrating patterns, or swelling or warping.
De Stijl (/ d ə ˈ s t aɪ l /; Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈstɛil], Dutch for "The Style"), incorporating the ideas of Neoplasticism, was a Dutch art movement founded in 1917 in Leiden, consisting of artists and architects. [1] The term De Stijl is also used to refer to a body of work from 1917 to 1931 created in the Netherlands.
Signature. Paul Jackson Pollock ( / ˈpɒlək /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all ...
Signature. Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan ( Dutch: [ˈpi:tər kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈmɔndrijaːn] ), after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian ( / piːt ˈmɒndriɑːn /, also US: /- ˈmɔːn -/, Dutch: [pit ˈmɔndrijɑn]; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
Abstract art. Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. [ 1] Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an ...
The 1998 Tony award winning Broadway play 'Art' employed a white monochrome painting as a prop to generate an argument about aesthetics which made up the bulk of the play. The 1995 Cesar award winning movie The Three Brothers featured a white monochrome painting by fictitious artist Whiteman (inspired by K. Malevich White on White masterpiece).
Ndebele women standing in front of a painted rondavel. An Ndebele artist ( Esther Mahlangu) signs her work on a finished wall. Ndebele house painting is a style of African art practiced by the Southern Ndebele people of South Africa and the Northern Ndebele people in Zimbabwe in Matobo. [ 1] It is predominantly practiced by the Ndebele women.
Abstract expressionism in the United States emerged as a distinct art movement in the immediate aftermath of World War II and gained mainstream acceptance in the 1950s, a shift from the American social realism of the 1930s influenced by the Great Depression and Mexican muralists. [ 1][ 2] The term was first applied to American art in 1946 by ...