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pointillism [pwan-till-iz-zum] Noun a technique used by some impressionist painters, in which dots of colour are placed side by side so that they merge when seen from a distance [French] pointillist nadj Pointillism a style of the late 19th century based upon some Impressionist techniques and the application of scientific theories of the process of vision; begun by Seurat, who gave it the name Divisionism, it consists of using dots of unmixed color side by side so that the viewer’s eye may mix them into the appropriate intermediate color. Also called Neo-Impressionism. — Pointillist, n. — Pointillistic, adj. See also: Art
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