Divisionism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The use of small areas of color to construct an image, based on theories of the colors' interaction in the perception of a viewer. uncountable, usually

    "The method, variously called pointillism, divisionism (separated colours) or neoimpressionism, is especially effective in the half-dozen monumental paintings Seurat considered his toiles de lutte (battle-canvases)."

  2. 2
    the characteristic style in Neo-Impressionist painting defined by the separation of colors into individual dots or patches which interacted optically. wordnet
  3. 3
    Support for division of a territory, etc. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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chromoluminarism

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"The method, variously called pointillism, divisionism (separated colours) or neoimpressionism, is especially effective in the half-dozen monumental paintings Seurat considered his toiles de lutte (battle-canvases)."

Etymology

From division + -ism.

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