pointillism

Noun
  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 (synset 108292974)
    is a type 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
  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 (synset 103981777)
    is a type of: genre - a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

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