Kinetic art

Kinetic art is art that moves, or appears to move.

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Kinetic energy, in scientific terms, is the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion, including the atomic level as in heat.

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In kinetic art the motion may be physical, as in the kinetic sculpture of Naum Gabo and mobiles of Alexander Calder, or implied, as in the Op art paintings of Bridget Riley and others.

Related Topics:
Kinetic sculpture - Naum Gabo - Mobile - Alexander Calder - Op art - Bridget Riley

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The kinetic art vogue peaked from the middle 1960s to the middle 1970s.

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