Definition of Pointillism

1. Noun. A school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France.

Generic synonyms: School, Art Movement, Artistic Movement
Derivative terms: Pointillistic

2. Noun. A genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France.
Generic synonyms: Genre
Derivative terms: Pointillist

Definition of Pointillism

1. Noun. In art, the use of small areas of color to construct an image. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pointillism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointillism

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pointer finger
pointerless
pointerlike
pointers
pointes
pointework
pointful
pointfully
pointfulness
pointier
pointiest
pointilism
pointilist
pointillage
pointillism
pointillisms
pointillist
pointillistic
pointillistically
pointillists
pointillé
pointillés
pointiness
pointing
pointing-trowel
pointing-trowels
pointing out
pointing the bone
pointing trowel

Literary usage of Pointillism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Water-colour Painting by Mary L. Breakell (1904)
"... —Dryness of Technique—Hard Edges—Pointillism—Impressionism defined and compared with Pre-Raphaelitism— Finishing Touches, Mounts and Frames. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Pointillism, the division of tones in painting by very small dots of equal ... Pointillism is an offshoot of impressionism, a movement that coincided with ..."

3. Matter, Form and Style: A Manual of Practice in the Writing of English by Hardress O'Grady (1913)
"He had a personal affection for Seurat and Anquetin, and believed strongly in the value of their Pointillism. There is, however, one important fact which ..."

4. The Great French Painters: And the Evolution of French Painting from 1830 to by Camille Mauclair (1903)
"Pointillism, around which Pissarro and Toulouse-Lautrec had rallied for a short while, deserves to be mentioned in a history of modern painting, ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"Since then we have had Pointillism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism and several other isms; until finally painting, finding itself put out of countenance, ..."

6. The Classic Point of View: Six Lectures on Painting Delivered on the Scammon by Kenyon Cox (1911)
"... modern devices for representing light and atmosphere, including that manner of painting in minute dots which has been given the name of pointillism. ..."

7. Modern painting, its tendency and meaning by Willard Huntington Wright (1915)
"... tiny and labourious spotting which Impressionism and Pointillism had taught him, and branched out into simpler design and greater chromatic brilliancy. ..."

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