op art

op art also Op Art  (p)

n.

A school of abstract art characterized by the use of geometric shapes and brilliant colors to create optical illusions, as of motion, and free the art of all but visual associations.

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[op(tical) art.]

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op art [ɒp]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) a style of abstract art chiefly concerned with the exploitation of optical effects such as the illusion of movement

[C20 op, short for optical]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

op art - a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve abstract art, abstractionism - an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation

Translations

op art [ˈɒpɑːt] N → op-art m

op art

n → Op-Art f