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Definition of Pointillistic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to pointillism.
Definition of Pointillistic
1. Adjective. Having a style marked by using many small, distinct points of color to form an image ¹
2. Adjective. (by extension) Having the minimalistic, analytical character associated with pointillism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pointillistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointillistic
Literary usage of Pointillistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"The style she has chosen to use, whether regarded with a view to rhythm or to
colour-distribution, is essentially pointillistic. Now Miss Lowell should have ..."
2. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"The style she has chosen to use, whether regarded with a view to rhythm or to
colour-distribution, is essentially pointillistic. Now Miss Lowell should have ..."
3. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
"The conversations form a pointillistic overlay on the map of America, moving dots
charged with positive energy, looking for a new but still unfound ..."
4. The Drawings of Stefano Da Verona and His Circle and the Origins of ...by Evelyn Karet by Evelyn Karet (2002)
"Forlani Tempesti observes a "pointillistic" technique that she likens to the
Lombard manner of Giovannino de' Grassi, but sees in the small head, ..."
5. Pots and Pans: Or, Studies in Still-life Painting by Arthur Edwin Bye (1921)
"Sometimes it is sparkling in effect, pointillistic, vibrant, scintillating like
jewels, at other times it has a broader, more tapestry- like effect. ..."
6. Exhibition of Paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga by Christian Brinton, Rita de Acosta Lydig (1916)
"My distaste for things modern includes of course painting, most of which,
impressionistic, pointillistic, cubistic, futuristic, or whatever you may choose ..."
7. Under Cover: Evolution of Upholstered Furniture by Ed van Hinte (2006)
"... a neo-baroque monument with both frame and upholstery stippled over with a
pattern of pointillistic dots?) In Sicily, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa can ..."
8. Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Creteby Kevin Glowacki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan by Kevin Glowacki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan (2008)
"... as well as on the chariot wheels.50 Explained as a feature of the pointillistic
style of the carving or as sculptors' guides in the carving process, ..."
9. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"The style she has chosen to use, whether regarded with a view to rhythm or to
colour-distribution, is essentially pointillistic. Now Miss Lowell should have ..."
10. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"The style she has chosen to use, whether regarded with a view to rhythm or to
colour-distribution, is essentially pointillistic. Now Miss Lowell should have ..."
11. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
"The conversations form a pointillistic overlay on the map of America, moving dots
charged with positive energy, looking for a new but still unfound ..."
12. The Drawings of Stefano Da Verona and His Circle and the Origins of ...by Evelyn Karet by Evelyn Karet (2002)
"Forlani Tempesti observes a "pointillistic" technique that she likens to the
Lombard manner of Giovannino de' Grassi, but sees in the small head, ..."
13. Pots and Pans: Or, Studies in Still-life Painting by Arthur Edwin Bye (1921)
"Sometimes it is sparkling in effect, pointillistic, vibrant, scintillating like
jewels, at other times it has a broader, more tapestry- like effect. ..."
14. Exhibition of Paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga by Christian Brinton, Rita de Acosta Lydig (1916)
"My distaste for things modern includes of course painting, most of which,
impressionistic, pointillistic, cubistic, futuristic, or whatever you may choose ..."
15. Under Cover: Evolution of Upholstered Furniture by Ed van Hinte (2006)
"... a neo-baroque monument with both frame and upholstery stippled over with a
pattern of pointillistic dots?) In Sicily, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa can ..."
16. Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Creteby Kevin Glowacki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan by Kevin Glowacki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan (2008)
"... as well as on the chariot wheels.50 Explained as a feature of the pointillistic
style of the carving or as sculptors' guides in the carving process, ..."
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