pointillism

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noun

The use of many small areas of color to construct an image.

Similar
pointillage
OriginFrench pointillisme →
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Meanings

nounpointillism (usually uncountable, plural pointillisms)

plural pointillisms

  1. uncountableusuallyartThe use of many small areas of color to construct an image.

    Synonyms: pointillage

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe use of many small areas of color to construct an image.

Similar
pointillage
Also see
pointillage

Origin

  1. Frenchpointillisme
  2. Englishpointillism

From French pointillisme, from pointiller (“to dot, to mark with points”), from point (“dot, point”).

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Translations

Afrikaans pointillisme
  • pointillismepainting technique
Catalan puntillisme
  • puntillismepainting technique
Czech pointilismus
  • pointilismuspainting technique
Dutch pointillisme
  • pointillismepainting technique
Finnish pointillismi
  • pointillismipainting technique
French pointillisme
  • pointillismepainting technique
Greek πουαντιγισμός, πουαντιλισμός
  • πουαντιγισμός (pouantigismós)painting technique
  • πουαντιλισμός (pouantilismós)painting technique
Italian puntinismo
  • puntinismopainting technique
Māori tā tongitongi
  • tā tongitongipainting technique
Norwegian Bokmål pointillisme
  • pointillismepainting technique
Portuguese pontilhismo
  • pontilhismopainting technique
Romanian pointillism
  • pointillismpainting technique
Spanish puntillismo
  • puntillismopainting technique
Swedish pointillism
  • pointillismpainting technique
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Chicago

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