Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pointillism

2 senses of pointillism

Sense 1
pointillism -- (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)
       => school -- (a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting")
       => artistic movement, art movement -- (a group of artists who agree on general principles)

Sense 2
pointillism -- (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)
       => genre -- (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)