Perception in Art Project: Artist Examples

M.C. Escher20th c. Dutch artist; known for works that

feature impossible constructions and explorations of infinity

Salvador DaliSurrealist painter

Bridget Riley1960s Op Art

Hajime Ouchi20th c. artist known for geometric art and

optical illusions

Gino SeveriniEarly 20th c. Futurist painter

Julian BeeverContemporary artist; sidewalk chalk

drawings that appear 3-D

Felice VariniContemporary artist known for his geometric

perspective-localized paintings of rooms and other spaces, using projector-stencil techniques

CorreggioRenaissance artist known for illusionistic

paintings on the domes of cathedrals

Rene MagritteSurrealist artist who work challenges preconditioned perceptions of reality

Octavio OcampoContemporary artist known for paintings in

which detailed images are intricately woven together to create larger images

Isia Leviant

Max ErnstEarly 20th c. Dada and Surrealist painter

Chuck CloseContemporary painter known for large-

scale portraits; severely paralyzed & paints with a brush strapped to his arm; from

Monroe, Washington

Andrea PozzoBaroque artist known for illusionistic paintings on the ceilings of cathedrals

Michael KirbyContemporary street artist

CaravaggioBaroque painter known for use of light and

shadow

Victor Vasarely20th c. Op Art

Arnold Schmidt20th c. Op Art

Giacomo BallaEarly 20th c. Futurist painter

Frank GehryContemporary architect of many buildings,

including the EMP in Seattle

Istvan OroszContemporary artist known for impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning

images and anamorphoses

Manfred StaderContemporary artist; sidewalk chalk

drawings that appear 3-D