Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A postimpressionist school of painting exemplified by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th-century France, characterized by the application of paint in small dots and brush strokes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A method of painting in which luminosity is produced by laying on the colors in points or dots which are blended by the eye, invented by French impressionists; a form of impressionism. See the extract.
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- noun In art, the use of small areas of
color to construct an image.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The technique -- "pointillism" -- allows Jackson fans worldwide to sign up online to have a dot added in their name.
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The technique -- "pointillism" -- allows Jackson fans worldwide to sign up online to have a dot added in their name.
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This one-of-a-kind work of art is being created by Los Angeles based celebrity artist David Ilan using a technique called pointillism - made from hand drawn dots.
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The portrait is described as a one-of-a-kind work of art being created by Los Angeles celebrity artist David Ilan, who is using a technique called pointillism, that is, making a picture from hand-drawn dots.
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This one-of-a-kind work of art is being created by Los Angeles based celebrity artist David Ilan using a technique called pointillism - made from hand drawn dots.
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This one-of-a-kind work of art is being created by Los Angeles based celebrity artist David Ilan using a technique called pointillism - made from hand drawn dots.
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This one-of-a-kind work of art is being created by Los Angeles based celebrity artist David Ilan using a technique called pointillism - made from hand drawn dots.
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This one-of-a-kind work of art is being created by Los Angeles based celebrity artist David Ilan using a technique called pointillism - made from hand drawn dots.
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The portrait is described as a one-of-a-kind work of art being created by Los Angeles celebrity artist David Ilan, who is using a technique called pointillism, that is, making a picture from hand-drawn dots.
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This one-of-a-kind work of art is being created by Los Angeles based celebrity artist David Ilan using a technique called pointillism - made from hand drawn dots.
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ruzuzu commented on the word pointillism
Cf. divisionism.
September 14, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word pointillism
For its use as a term in music, see punctualism and klangfarbenmelodie.
September 14, 2010