Optical Art was an abstract art movement from the 1950s to 1960s that used simple repeating shapes and colors to create confusion between the foreground and background. Key artists included Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarely, Heinz Mack, and Jesus-Rafael Soto, who experimented with optical effects in paintings like Riley's Blaze 1 and Vasarely's Etude Lineaire through the use of lines and geometric patterns that play with perception.

1. Optical Art (1950s to1960s) By: Stephany Pulla

2. Artists Bridget Riley Victor Vasarely Heinz Mack Jesus - Rafael Soto

3. Optical Art Movement Optical Art is a mathematically-themed form of Abstract art. It uses repetition of simple shapes and colors. Creates a foreground- background confusion. Many artists experimented with Optical art in the early 1920s and 1930s. It is an art that to this day is still used.

4. Artwork: Bridget Riley Blaze 1 1962

5. Cataract 3 1967

6. Victor Vasarely Etude Lineaire 1935

7. Vega 200 1968

8. Heinz Mack Pyramide 1989

9. Light Dynamo 1963

10. Jesus-Rafael Soto Untitled 1959

11. Vibration 1963

12. Works Cited http://kulpol.ffm-info.net/images/vasarely.gif http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OdapNWKIKyUdHLn-I9qaCQ http://artnet.com/ http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/