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Style of painting embraced by Picasso particularly (2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

op art

'style of painting' is the definition.
(optical art is a type of painting)

'embraced by picasso particularly' is the wordplay.
'embraced by' says the answer is hidden in the clue (surrounding letters embrace the answer).
'OP-ART' is hidden within 'picasso particularly'.

(Other definitions for op art that I've seen before include "1960s' style of abstract painting, with dramatic visual effects" , "Abstract geometrical genre of painting" , "that may give the illusion of movement" , "Illusory visual form" , "Style of painting having an illusion of movement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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