Neoimpressionism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Neoimpressionism is a noun meaning A genre of French impressionist art that used pointillism to achieve a more formal composition.
Meaning
A genre of French impressionist art that used pointillism to achieve a more formal composition.
Example Sentences
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). […] Neoimpressionism quickly divided viewers: did it herald an abstract future or was it a dry, formulaic dead end?
Word Forms
- neo-impressionism
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include impressionism, impressionist, imagist, expressionism, impression, imaginism.
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