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Date: 1900-2000
Language: French
Origin: pointillisme, from point 'spot'

pointillism

 noun
     
Related topics: Painting and Drawing
poin‧til‧lis‧m [uncountable]
AVP a style of painting popular in the late 19th century that uses small spots of colour all over the painting, rather than brush strokes
—pointillist adjective
—pointillist noun [countable]
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