pointillism

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pointillism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Neoimpressionism \Ne`o*im*pres"sion*ism\
     (n[=e]`[-o]*[i^]m*pr[e^]sh"[u^]n*[i^]z'm), n. (Painting)
     A theory or practice which is a further development, on more
     rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of
     Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and
     carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others. Its method is
     marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots
     upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a
     variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors
     employed. This method is also known as Pointillism
     (stippling).
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

pointillism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pointillism
      n 1: 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
      2: 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