4th Grade Art Smart

Zebegen

by Victor Vasarely

Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)• Hungarian born in 1908• Moved to France in 1930 (considered a

French Painter)• Worked as a Graphic Designer • Early work was in complex black & white

patterns• Added intense color contrasts later in work• “Father” of OP ART• Died in 1997

Optical ArtEvolved around 1960 Creates an Optical Illusion (A misleading image.)

Is Abstract (not concrete/realistic)

Uses Visual Contrast(A large difference between two things; for example, rough and smooth, yellow and purple, light and shadow. )

Comprised of Shapes geometric (square, triangle, circle) and organic (irregular in outline)

often appears – to the human eye – to be moving or breathing due to its precise, mathematically-based composition

Examples of his work:

9 Style GroupsHis art is categorized chronologically into different

but sometimes overlapping styles

1. Graphic

2. Belle Isle

3. Denfert

4. Cystal-Gordes

5. Black – White

6. Planetary Folklore

7. Vonal

8. Gestalt

9. Universal Structures

Planetary FolkloreAll over pattern

Uses 2 color units withcontrasting colors

Consists of two geometric elements that fit one intothe other

Zebegen 1964

Examples of His Planetary Folklore Style

Primary Colors The basic colors from which all colors are

mixedRed, Yellow & Blue No other colors can be mixed to make

primary colors.

Secondary Colors• Green, Violet & Orange• Created by mixing two primary colors

together in equal parts

Intermediate (Tertiary) ColorsA color mixed from a primary and secondary

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Cool colors

Warm colors

Color wheel

Vocabulary:Composition:

Geometric Shapes:

Hue:

Value:

Intensity:

To create, form or design something by arranging parts to create a unified whole.

Any shapes and/or forms based on math principles, such as square/cube, circle/sphere, triangle/cone, pyramid etc…

Another name for color.

The lightness or darkness of a color.

The brightness or dullness of a color.

Project:Fold 9 x 9 paper in ½ and then in ½ again to

form 16 squares.Brainstorm a simple design unit can be made

using circles, triangles, and squares. (refer to print)

Pick a pair of complementary colors: red/green, blue/orange or violet/yellow.

Design op art pattern using crayons and one or two design units. (vary placement & arrangement to draw the eye around the design)