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Look up: Op art

  1. op art
    [n] - a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s
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  2. op art
    Type of abstract art, mainly painting, in which patterns are used to create the impression that the image is flickering or vibrating. Often pictures are a mass of lines, small shapes, or vivid,...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Op Art
    A type of 1960s Abstract Art that played with optical effects on the eye.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. Op art
    A major development in the 1960s of painting that created optical effects for the spectator. These effects ranged from the subtle, to the disturbing and disorienting. Op painting used a framework of purely geometric forms as the basis for its effects and also drew on colour theory and the physiology...
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  5. op art
    noun a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Op art
    branch of mid-20th-century geometric, abstract art that deals with optical illusion. Achieved through the systematic and precise manipulation of ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/22

  7. op art
    op art (op) , movement that became prominent in the United States and Europe in the mid-1960s. Deriving from abstract expressionism, op art includes paintings concerned with surface kinetics. Colors were used in creating visual effects, such as afterimages and trompe-l'oeil. Vibrating colors, concen...
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  8. op art
    Type of abstract art, mainly painting, in which patterns are used to create the impression that the image is flickering or vibrating. Often pictures are a mass of lines, small shapes, or vivid, clashing colours that seem to shift under the eye. Op art emerged in 1960 although its roots lie in the co...
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  9. Op Art
    Short for optical art. This term was coined in 1964 by George Rickey. This style is abstract by nature and is based on trying to cause the illusion of movement with a stationary two dimensional surface. It reached its peak in popularity in the mid 1960's and then soon faded away but enjoyed a small resurgence in the 1980's.
    Found on http://www.latinart.com/glossary.cfm?sor

  10. OP ART
    Short for Optical Art, a style popular in the 1960s that was based on optical principles and optical illusion. Op Art deals in complex color interactions, to the point where colors and lines seem to vibrate before the eyes
    Found on http://www.modernsculpture.com/glossary.

  11. Op art
    An abstract movement in Europe and the United States, begun in the mid-1950s, based on the effects of optical patterns. Albers worked in this style.
    Found on http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts

  12. Op art
    `Op art`, also known as `optical art`, is a style of visual art that makes use of optical illusions. "Optical art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing." Op art works are abstract, with many of the better kno...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op_art

  13. Open Heart
    Open Heart is a medical drama starring Megan Follows, Raoul Bhaneja, Joseph Ziegler, Nicole Mallet and Roxanne Jean in a story about patients dying at an under-funded hospital. Open Heart was directed by Laurie Lynd in 2004.
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  14. Open-high-low-close chart
    An `open-high-low-close chart` (also `OHLC chart`, or simply `bar chart`) is a type of chart typically used to illustrate movements in the price of a financial instrument over time. Each vertical line on the chart shows the price range (the highest and lowest prices) over one unit of time, e.g. one ...
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  15. Operation chart
    The `operation chart` is a graphical and symbolic representation of the manufacturing operations used to produce a product. The operation chart illustrates only the value-adding activities in the manufacturing process; therefore, material handling and storage are not illustrated in this chart. Opera...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_c

  16. Operation Flaming Dart
    `Operation Flaming Dart` was a U.S. and (South) Vietnam Air Force military operation, conducted in two parts, during the Vietnam War. During the bombing raid Premier Alexei Kosygin headed a Soviet delegation to North Vietnam. United States President Lyndon B. Johnson in February 1965 ordered a serie...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_F

  17. Operation Jump Start
    In `May 2006`, President `George W. Bush` announced a plan to aid U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) he called this operation: `Operation Jump Start` which included the deployment of United States National Guard troops along the United States–Mexico border. The mission entails enforcemen...
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  18. opercular part
    One of the three small cortical convolutions together forming a cover for the insular region. Opercular convolutions are frontal, temporal, and parietal. ... Synonym: pars opercularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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  19. opercular part
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. one of the three small cortical convolutions together forming a cover for the insular region. Opercular convolutions are frontal, temporal, and parietal. Synonyms: pars opercularis
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  20. Optional Start
    Instead of taking top position, a wrestler can choose this variation; the wrestler places both hands on the bottom man's back and leaves his knees off the mat. When this option is chosen, the referee must inform the bottom man so he may adjust his position. Optional start usually is used when you in...
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