Optical Textures: Volume 1

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A Fashion Book made by modular Textures, suitable for Stylists, Designers and Art Directors. - This Collection has as Theme the OPTICAL ART Style. - 112 TEXTURES saved in 4 ways - 448 files in all - the use is free with NO ROYALTIES. - 1 Free CD included for WINDOWS and MAC - Vector and Bitmap Hi-res Files, ready for production. - They can be used with many graphic softwares, such as ILLUSTRATOR or PHOTOSHOP. I wanted to make this book to render homage to an art, Optical Art, to my mind stupendous and elegant. At the same time I wanted to make it more accessible for the many unexplored uses in commerce. Starting from the visual research of a few artists, I have developed new and original ideas and produced 112 modular patterns that can fill spaces to the infinite. A few words to introduce a modern and suggestive art, its fascination comes from long ago and is the basis of our sight mechanisms. Optical Art is a mathematically-oriented form of (usually) Abstract art, which uses repetition of simple forms to create vibrating effects, an exaggerated sense of depth, and other visual effects. When the viewer looks at them, the impression is given of movement, flashing and vibration, or alternatively of swelling or warping. The term first appeared in print in Time Magazine in October 1964, though works which might now be described as "op art" had been produced for several years previously. It has been suggested that Victor Vasarely's 1930s works such as Zebra (1938), which is made up entirely of diagonal black and white stripes curved in a way to give a three-dimensional impression of a seated zebra, should be considered the first works of op art. In 1965, a show called The Responsive Eye, made up entirely of works of op art, was held in New York City. Op art subsequently became tremendously popular, and op art images were used in a number of commercial contexts. After Vasarely, Bridget Riley is perhaps the best known of the op artists. Taking Vasarely's lead, she made a number of paintings consisting only of black and white lines. Another artist who developed these themes in the Seventies is Jean Larcher, a French graphic designer, releasing many books for a wide public (expecially for students and artists). This book is inspired mainly by their works in the hope that it will be useful to creative people. Vincenzo Sguera, an Italian architect, has been working since 1977 in the field of design, fashion, textiles and accessories, directing several creative studios and developing products for many companies at international level. In 2003 he founded Arkivia Books and since then as author and publisher has produced several tendency books