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pointillism (pwăn`təlĭz'əm): see postimpressionism postimpressionism, term coined by Roger Fry to refer to the work of a number of French painters active at the end of the 19th cent. who, although they developed their varied styles quite independently, were united in their rejection of impressionism . ..... Click the link for more information. . pointillismIn painting, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of contrasting colour to a surface so that from a distance they blend together. The term (and its synonym, divisionism) was first used to describe the paintings of Georges Seurat. See also Camille Pissarro; Paul Signac. |
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The latest commercial, "Paintings," is an animated montage of the whale depicted in five different styles of painting including impressionism, pointillism, cubism and surrealistic abstract styles. Her specialty is pointillism, an offshoot of impressionism developed in the late 19th century in which tiny dots create an image only visible from a distance. ThinkLink compares this periodic predictive testing to the painting technique pointillism. |
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