THE ROLE OF DESIGN IN MAXIMIZING THE BENEFIT OF THE OPTICAL ILLUSION ART IN THE FIELD OF INTERIOR DESIGN

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Decoration and Interior Architecture, Higher Institute of Applied Arts, 6th of October, Egypt

Abstract

The art of optical illusions is considered one of the creative formations that are used in various fields of arts such as painting, sculpture and graphics. It is known as "Op Art" which started with the painters "Victor Vasarelli" and "Louise Riley" in the thirties of the last century. The art of visual deception depends on unreal perception and geometric abstraction, and therefore this art can be utilized in the field of interior design aesthetically and functionally, where it is possible, for example, to visually merge between specific and closed spaces to create a feeling of space expansion. Hence, the research deals with delving into the study of the art of visual deception, getting acquainted with its fundamentals and structural laws, and an analysis of how it is used in the internal spaces, whether as an aesthetic or functional standard.

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