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This 20-word op-art word search introduces middle school students to optical illusion painting and its key artists. Hidden words include Vasarely, Riley, Anuszkiewicz, geometric, and optical, covering artist names, visual principles, and design concepts. Use it in an art-class unit on optical illusion, as a vocabulary warm-up during a design lesson, or as a template for other art-history puzzles.

Subject:
Art
Topic:
Painting
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated December 2022

Word List

  • PRECISION
  • MATHEMATICS
  • SHAPES
  • OPTICAL
  • ILLUSION
  • TECHNICAL
  • PERSONAL
  • GEOMETRIC
  • PATTERNS
  • VASARELY
  • RILEY
  • ANUSZKIEWICZ
  • MOVEMENT
  • RHYTHM
  • PRINCIPLES
  • HARMONY
  • COMPLEX
  • UNDULATE
  • DEPTH
  • TIGHT

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