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pointillism

poin·til·lism

uncommon

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

Origin

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

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