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neoimpressionism |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Neoimpressionism \Ne`o*im*pres"sion*ism\, n. (Painting) A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors employed. This method is also known as {Pointillism} (stippling).
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