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Noun: pointillism  'pwan-tu,li-zum or 'poyn-tu,li-zum
  1. A school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colours 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

Derived forms: pointillisms

Type of: art movement, artistic movement, genre, school

Encyclopedia: Pointillism

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