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    Illusions in Art

    Optical Art

    Victor Vasarely - Vonal Ksz
    Vonal Ksz
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    Optical Art is generally characterized by hard-edged black and white patterns or geometric shapes which use repetition of simple forms and colors to create vibrating effects, moir� patterns, an exaggerated sense of depth, foreground-background confusion, impressions of movement, flashing and vibration, or alternatively of swelling or warping.


    Salvador Dali

    Salvador Dali - Meditative Rose, 1958
    Meditative Rose, 1958
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    Fascinated with optical effects and visual perception, Salvador Dali created paintings of gripping intensity and astonishing variety. Dali used such pictorial techniques as distorted perspective, double images, and three-dimensional illusions, as well as photographs and holograms, to explore perception, perspective, and the ways that optical illusion affects our sense of reality.

    M. C. Escher

    M.C. Escher - Relativity
    Relativity
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    Escher, M(aurits) C(ornelis) (1898-1972) was a Dutch graphic artist, who is most recognized for spatial illusions, impossible buildings, repeating geometric patterns (tessellations), and his incredible techniques in woodcutting and lithography. He is noted for his distinctive prints depicting intricate interlocking patterns and optical illusions. Escher's early work consists mainly of landscapes and townscapes, but beginning about 1936 his work became increasingly concerned with scenes of his own creation, especially with the repeating patterns and spatial illusions for which he is best known.

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    Hans Holbein the Younger - The Ambassadors, 1533
    The Ambassadors, 1533
    Hans Holbein the Younger
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