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op art

American  
Or Op Art

noun

  1. a style of abstract art in which lines, forms, and space are organized in such a way as to provide optical illusions of an ambiguous nature, as alternately advancing and receding squares on a flat surface.


op art British  
/ ɒp /

noun

  1. a style of abstract art chiefly concerned with the exploitation of optical effects such as the illusion of movement

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Etymology

Origin of op art

First recorded in 1960–65; op(tical) art

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