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POINTILLISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pointillism" is a kind of...):
genre (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)
Derivation:
pointillist (a painter who uses the technique of pointillism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("pointillism" is a kind of...):
school (a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers)
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
Derivation:
pointillistic (of or relating to pointillism)
