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OPTICAL ART [4 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
DEF

An optical process for in-camera combination of prepared background material with the subject to be filmed.

OBS

Developed by the German film technician Eugen Schufftan, ... it depends on the use of a front-silvered mirror, positioned at a 45-degree angle to the axis of the lens, from which a portion of the silver surface has been removed.

OBS

mirror shot : A semi-transparent mirror, which both transmits and reflects light, is mounted rigidly in front of the camera, its surface at 45 degree to the optical axis of the lens. The camera photographs full-scale live action and set detail through the mirror while simultaneously recording art work, photographic enlargements or miniatures which are mounted at 90 degree to one side of the camera and... reflected off the... mirror.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
CONT

Schufftan (Eugen), opérateur allemand [...] invente le procédé de prise de vues dit «procédé Schufftan».

CONT

Effets spéciaux. Outre ces truquages [...] d'autres [...] peuvent faire appel à des techniques extérieures [...] maquettes, procédés Schufftan, pictographe [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cinematografía
CONT

[...] el procedimiento Schufftan [...] consiste en combinar en la pantalla tomas realizadas a escala real con otras en miniatura dando origen a una superposición de imágenes y utilizando espejos instalados en 45° en la línea de la toma de la cámara.

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Record 2 2011-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art History and Theory
CONT

The representations of impressionism are closer to sensual experience than those of naturalism in the narrower sense, and replace the object of theoretical knowledge by that of direct optical experience more completely than any earlier art.

OBS

[A] major movement in nineteenth century art. The name comes from a painting exhibited by Claude Monet in 1874, catalogued as Impression, Sunrise ... the term is applied most frequently to paintings where the artist has aimed to capture the visual impression made by a scene ... characteristically by the play of light on a scene ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art
DEF

Nom donné à une école de peinture qui s'est développée en France durant la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle [et qui] désigne un «système de peinture qui consiste à rendre purement et simplement l'impression telle qu'elle a été ressentie matériellement».

CONT

L'impressionnisme correspondait d'abord à une intensification des principes réalistes et, par suite, à une vision nouvelle de la réalité proposée par quelques artistes doués d'une extraordinaire faculté de perception optique.

OBS

Le terme était inspiré par le titre d'une des toiles exposées par Claude Monet : Impression, Soleil levant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Historia y teoria del arte
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Record 3 1985-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Renseignement obtenu de la société.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques
DEF

Un art purement optique, un art de la sensibilité rétinienne, qui se propose exclusivement d'exploiter nos différents modes d'accommodation aux couleurs, etc.

OBS

op'art; art visuel : Le Monde, 12-18.02.70.

Spanish

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