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The Art of Optical Illusions

The Art of Optical Illusions. Op Art. http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/opart.html.

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The Art of Optical Illusions

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  1. The Art of Optical Illusions Op Art • http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/opart.html

  2. Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972), Balcony, 1945, lithograph, 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (29.7 x 23.4 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. In the center of this picture of a hillside town, Escher said he tried to break up the paper's flatness by "pretend[ing] to give it a blow with my fist at the back, but . . . the paper remains flat, and I have only created the illusion of an illusion."

  3. Victor Vasarely, Blue / Red, 1983, silkscreen, from an edition of 267, 23 x 23 inches (58.5 x 58.5 cm.

  4. Artnet website

  5. artnet--vasarely works

  6. The Official Vasarely Website • Vasarely Website

  7.  Bridget Riley (British, 1931-), Intake "Straight or curved, horizontal or vertical, parallel or divergent, all lines have a secret relation to emotion" — from a statement by Charles Blanc.

  8. Bridget Riley, Cataract.

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