Definition of pointillism in English:

pointillism

noun ˈpwantɪlɪz(ə)m

mass noun

A technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colours, which become blended in the viewer's eye. It was developed by Seurat with the aim of producing a greater degree of luminosity and brilliance of colour.
点彩画法（一种用各种单色小点作画的新印象主义绘画技巧，在观众眼中这些色点会融会在一起。这种技巧由修拉发明，旨在增强颜色的亮度和光彩）
Example sentencesExamples
- Camille Pissarro cheerfully flirted a little with the style of every fellow-artist he met, from the realism of Millet to the pointillism of Seurat.
- His brush strokes tend towards a dabbing that has its origins in Monet's Impressionism and reached its excess in pointillism.
- Underpinning the exhibition is a desire to explain and contextualise the artist's use of techniques such as pointillism and anamorphic perspective.
- After introducing Georges Seurat and pointillism, line desks with newspaper.
- Seurat's theory of optical mixtures, which he called divisionism, influenced Signac, and the style eventually became known as pointillism.
- Her interests in optical effects came partly through her study of the Neo-Impressionist technique of pointillism, but when she took up Op art in the early 1960s she worked initially in black-and-white.
- Villa, in short, puts forward an argument for his own artistry, comparing his work to Seurat's pointillism.
- These dense fields seem to deconstruct, or at least loosen up, the notion of ‘solid’ color, playing optical games borrowed from pointillism and the color experiments of Kupka and the Delaunays.
- The actual art-historical purpose of this show is to help Signac escape from the shadow of Georges Seurat, the master theorist of pointillism, or divisionism - the theory upon which Signac founded his own work.
- In 3,000 words or so of journalistic pointillism, McGeough paints his picture of America's predatory cynicism with artful little dabs and daubs of well-placed fact.
- Sure it requires physical skill, but so does painting, and I don't see anybody training to win the gold in pointillism.
- New to the body-painting arena is the airbrushing of makeup using a process called pointillism, a form of art borrowed from the French impressionists.
- The artist combines elegant lines, wiggles and pointillism to create an atmosphere of surreal spaces surrounding the character.
- After 1902, however, he became fascinated with pointillism, and his paintings feature the tiny dots of color that are a hallmark of this mode of painting.
- Look at the way it's painted, at the varying degrees of pointillism, ranging from the tight treatment of the umbrellas at the left, to the looser, fatter dots of the red tiled roofs at right.
- The canvases, with their overtones of pointillism and computer art, appear to shift depending on where you stand, transforming human skin into a landscape to be explored through detailed scientific observation.
- It gives a textured look that is similar to pointillism.
- Prince's ‘Marlboro Men,’ for example, enlarged from cigarette advertisements, have a sensuous overblown color grain that evokes pointillism.
- His vibrantly glowing pointillism springs directly from his childhood among the beautiful light and colors of the Caribbean.
- For this simple reason alone, pointillism, as this technique was called, could never become a mainstream art movement.

Derivatives

pointillist

noun & adjective ˈpwantɪlɪstˈpɔɪntɪlɪst

As the foreword to the exhibition's catalogue notes, Signac has always existed in the shadow of the more famous pointillist, Georges Seurat.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is remarkable to see that the Dutch painter Ton Dubbeldam often chooses themes that beautifully come together with his impressionistic and pointillist techniques.
- Further European travel during the course of his life left an indelible impression on his work, particularly the painting of the symbolists, impressionists, Nabis, post impressionists, pointillists, Paul Cezanne, and Henri Matisse.
- His starting-point was the Neo-Impressionism of Georges Seurat, but instead of using Seurat's pointillist technique he investigated the interaction of large areas of contrasting colours.
- The sheer size of both works easily reveals each grain of color within the picture plane so that they appear as contemporary reflections of the pointillist style of Georges Seurat.

pointillistic

adjectiveˌpwantɪˈlɪstɪk

All but one of those I caught was a medium-length single stretch in which the available resources are used continuously at a pitch of virtuosity in a frenzied pointillistic style.
Example sentencesExamples
- The clanging, detached, pointillistic economy of the piece up to this point becomes a frenzy of rhythmic vitality, winding down to a soft ending like an old watch.
- Under her they merely turn from pointillistic snapshots into abstract expressionism.
- Blurred shapes, black-velvet shadows, and pointillistic details crowd Lindsay's gorgeous monochrome visions of trout, bugs, and anglers found streamside from Wyoming to British Columbia.
- Since tightly integrated systems are likely to serve critical survival functions (such as feeding, locomotion or escape), the resistance to pointillistic, adaptive modification of individual characters might be very great, indeed.

Origin

Early 20th century: from French pointillisme, from pointiller 'mark with dots'.

Definition of pointillism in US English:

pointillism

noun

A technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye. It was developed by Georges Seurat with the aim of producing a greater degree of luminosity and brilliance of color.
点彩画法（一种用各种单色小点作画的新印象主义绘画技巧，在观众眼中这些色点会融会在一起。这种技巧由修拉发明，旨在增强颜色的亮度和光彩）
Example sentencesExamples
- Camille Pissarro cheerfully flirted a little with the style of every fellow-artist he met, from the realism of Millet to the pointillism of Seurat.
- These dense fields seem to deconstruct, or at least loosen up, the notion of ‘solid’ color, playing optical games borrowed from pointillism and the color experiments of Kupka and the Delaunays.
- The artist combines elegant lines, wiggles and pointillism to create an atmosphere of surreal spaces surrounding the character.
- Sure it requires physical skill, but so does painting, and I don't see anybody training to win the gold in pointillism.
- The actual art-historical purpose of this show is to help Signac escape from the shadow of Georges Seurat, the master theorist of pointillism, or divisionism - the theory upon which Signac founded his own work.
- Prince's ‘Marlboro Men,’ for example, enlarged from cigarette advertisements, have a sensuous overblown color grain that evokes pointillism.
- Underpinning the exhibition is a desire to explain and contextualise the artist's use of techniques such as pointillism and anamorphic perspective.
- After 1902, however, he became fascinated with pointillism, and his paintings feature the tiny dots of color that are a hallmark of this mode of painting.
- Look at the way it's painted, at the varying degrees of pointillism, ranging from the tight treatment of the umbrellas at the left, to the looser, fatter dots of the red tiled roofs at right.
- For this simple reason alone, pointillism, as this technique was called, could never become a mainstream art movement.
- The canvases, with their overtones of pointillism and computer art, appear to shift depending on where you stand, transforming human skin into a landscape to be explored through detailed scientific observation.
- New to the body-painting arena is the airbrushing of makeup using a process called pointillism, a form of art borrowed from the French impressionists.
- Her interests in optical effects came partly through her study of the Neo-Impressionist technique of pointillism, but when she took up Op art in the early 1960s she worked initially in black-and-white.
- His brush strokes tend towards a dabbing that has its origins in Monet's Impressionism and reached its excess in pointillism.
- Villa, in short, puts forward an argument for his own artistry, comparing his work to Seurat's pointillism.
- His vibrantly glowing pointillism springs directly from his childhood among the beautiful light and colors of the Caribbean.
- Seurat's theory of optical mixtures, which he called divisionism, influenced Signac, and the style eventually became known as pointillism.
- It gives a textured look that is similar to pointillism.
- After introducing Georges Seurat and pointillism, line desks with newspaper.
- In 3,000 words or so of journalistic pointillism, McGeough paints his picture of America's predatory cynicism with artful little dabs and daubs of well-placed fact.

Origin

Early 20th century: from French pointillisme, from pointiller ‘mark with dots’.

单词	pointillism
释义	Definition of pointillism in English: pointillism noun ˈpwantɪlɪz(ə)m mass noun A technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colours, which become blended in the viewer's eye. It was developed by Seurat with the aim of producing a greater degree of luminosity and brilliance of colour. 点彩画法（一种用各种单色小点作画的新印象主义绘画技巧，在观众眼中这些色点会融会在一起。这种技巧由修拉发明，旨在增强颜色的亮度和光彩） Example sentencesExamples Camille Pissarro cheerfully flirted a little with the style of every fellow-artist he met, from the realism of Millet to the pointillism of Seurat. His brush strokes tend towards a dabbing that has its origins in Monet's Impressionism and reached its excess in pointillism. Underpinning the exhibition is a desire to explain and contextualise the artist's use of techniques such as pointillism and anamorphic perspective. After introducing Georges Seurat and pointillism, line desks with newspaper. Seurat's theory of optical mixtures, which he called divisionism, influenced Signac, and the style eventually became known as pointillism. Her interests in optical effects came partly through her study of the Neo-Impressionist technique of pointillism, but when she took up Op art in the early 1960s she worked initially in black-and-white. Villa, in short, puts forward an argument for his own artistry, comparing his work to Seurat's pointillism. These dense fields seem to deconstruct, or at least loosen up, the notion of ‘solid’ color, playing optical games borrowed from pointillism and the color experiments of Kupka and the Delaunays. The actual art-historical purpose of this show is to help Signac escape from the shadow of Georges Seurat, the master theorist of pointillism, or divisionism - the theory upon which Signac founded his own work. In 3,000 words or so of journalistic pointillism, McGeough paints his picture of America's predatory cynicism with artful little dabs and daubs of well-placed fact. Sure it requires physical skill, but so does painting, and I don't see anybody training to win the gold in pointillism. New to the body-painting arena is the airbrushing of makeup using a process called pointillism, a form of art borrowed from the French impressionists. The artist combines elegant lines, wiggles and pointillism to create an atmosphere of surreal spaces surrounding the character. After 1902, however, he became fascinated with pointillism, and his paintings feature the tiny dots of color that are a hallmark of this mode of painting. Look at the way it's painted, at the varying degrees of pointillism, ranging from the tight treatment of the umbrellas at the left, to the looser, fatter dots of the red tiled roofs at right. The canvases, with their overtones of pointillism and computer art, appear to shift depending on where you stand, transforming human skin into a landscape to be explored through detailed scientific observation. It gives a textured look that is similar to pointillism. Prince's ‘Marlboro Men,’ for example, enlarged from cigarette advertisements, have a sensuous overblown color grain that evokes pointillism. His vibrantly glowing pointillism springs directly from his childhood among the beautiful light and colors of the Caribbean. For this simple reason alone, pointillism, as this technique was called, could never become a mainstream art movement. Derivatives pointillist noun & adjective ˈpwantɪlɪstˈpɔɪntɪlɪst As the foreword to the exhibition's catalogue notes, Signac has always existed in the shadow of the more famous pointillist, Georges Seurat. Example sentencesExamples It is remarkable to see that the Dutch painter Ton Dubbeldam often chooses themes that beautifully come together with his impressionistic and pointillist techniques. Further European travel during the course of his life left an indelible impression on his work, particularly the painting of the symbolists, impressionists, Nabis, post impressionists, pointillists, Paul Cezanne, and Henri Matisse. His starting-point was the Neo-Impressionism of Georges Seurat, but instead of using Seurat's pointillist technique he investigated the interaction of large areas of contrasting colours. The sheer size of both works easily reveals each grain of color within the picture plane so that they appear as contemporary reflections of the pointillist style of Georges Seurat. pointillistic adjectiveˌpwantɪˈlɪstɪk All but one of those I caught was a medium-length single stretch in which the available resources are used continuously at a pitch of virtuosity in a frenzied pointillistic style. Example sentencesExamples The clanging, detached, pointillistic economy of the piece up to this point becomes a frenzy of rhythmic vitality, winding down to a soft ending like an old watch. Under her they merely turn from pointillistic snapshots into abstract expressionism. Blurred shapes, black-velvet shadows, and pointillistic details crowd Lindsay's gorgeous monochrome visions of trout, bugs, and anglers found streamside from Wyoming to British Columbia. Since tightly integrated systems are likely to serve critical survival functions (such as feeding, locomotion or escape), the resistance to pointillistic, adaptive modification of individual characters might be very great, indeed. Origin Early 20th century: from French pointillisme, from pointiller 'mark with dots'. Definition of pointillism in US English: pointillism noun A technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye. It was developed by Georges Seurat with the aim of producing a greater degree of luminosity and brilliance of color. 点彩画法（一种用各种单色小点作画的新印象主义绘画技巧，在观众眼中这些色点会融会在一起。这种技巧由修拉发明，旨在增强颜色的亮度和光彩） Example sentencesExamples Camille Pissarro cheerfully flirted a little with the style of every fellow-artist he met, from the realism of Millet to the pointillism of Seurat. These dense fields seem to deconstruct, or at least loosen up, the notion of ‘solid’ color, playing optical games borrowed from pointillism and the color experiments of Kupka and the Delaunays. The artist combines elegant lines, wiggles and pointillism to create an atmosphere of surreal spaces surrounding the character. Sure it requires physical skill, but so does painting, and I don't see anybody training to win the gold in pointillism. The actual art-historical purpose of this show is to help Signac escape from the shadow of Georges Seurat, the master theorist of pointillism, or divisionism - the theory upon which Signac founded his own work. Prince's ‘Marlboro Men,’ for example, enlarged from cigarette advertisements, have a sensuous overblown color grain that evokes pointillism. Underpinning the exhibition is a desire to explain and contextualise the artist's use of techniques such as pointillism and anamorphic perspective. After 1902, however, he became fascinated with pointillism, and his paintings feature the tiny dots of color that are a hallmark of this mode of painting. Look at the way it's painted, at the varying degrees of pointillism, ranging from the tight treatment of the umbrellas at the left, to the looser, fatter dots of the red tiled roofs at right. For this simple reason alone, pointillism, as this technique was called, could never become a mainstream art movement. The canvases, with their overtones of pointillism and computer art, appear to shift depending on where you stand, transforming human skin into a landscape to be explored through detailed scientific observation. New to the body-painting arena is the airbrushing of makeup using a process called pointillism, a form of art borrowed from the French impressionists. Her interests in optical effects came partly through her study of the Neo-Impressionist technique of pointillism, but when she took up Op art in the early 1960s she worked initially in black-and-white. His brush strokes tend towards a dabbing that has its origins in Monet's Impressionism and reached its excess in pointillism. Villa, in short, puts forward an argument for his own artistry, comparing his work to Seurat's pointillism. His vibrantly glowing pointillism springs directly from his childhood among the beautiful light and colors of the Caribbean. Seurat's theory of optical mixtures, which he called divisionism, influenced Signac, and the style eventually became known as pointillism. It gives a textured look that is similar to pointillism. After introducing Georges Seurat and pointillism, line desks with newspaper. In 3,000 words or so of journalistic pointillism, McGeough paints his picture of America's predatory cynicism with artful little dabs and daubs of well-placed fact. Origin Early 20th century: from French pointillisme, from pointiller ‘mark with dots’.
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