Pointillism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neoimpressionism \Ne`o*im*pres"sion*ism\
     (n[=e]`[-o]*[i^]m*pr[e^]sh"[u^]n*[i^]z'm), 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).
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pointillism
       n : 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