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Encyclopedia > 1950 in art

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Canadian Painters as Art Educators 1920-1950 (6204 words)
Art must include in its study of nature the whole universe if it is to envisage some aspect of the universal truth and help humanity to become conscious of the meaning of life.
As previously noted, art education in the studio is not the only way that an understanding of art may be generated; several notable artists of this era also took to writing as a means of explaining their own work and influencing public awareness and taste.
As successful works of art these images are certainly to be celebrated for their vision and skill, but as successful works of art created by individuals who contributed substantially to the history of art education in Canada, these images should also be celebrated for the inspiration they provided generations that followed.
Optical Art: Artists and their Works (181 words)
Optical Art is a mathematically-themed form of Abstract art, which uses repetition of simple forms and colors to create vibrating effects, moiré patterns, foreground-background confusion, an exaggerated sense of depth, and other visual effects.
With Optical Art, the rules that the viewer's eye uses to try to make sense of a visual image are themselves the "subject" of the artwork.
In the 1960's, the term "Op Art" was coined to describe the work of a growing group of abstract painters.
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