pointillist
- a word derived from pointillism.
Example Sentences
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The 1984 musical, inspired by the painter Georges Seurat’s 1886 pointillist masterpiece “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” explored the rigors and rewards of the artistic process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Here the banners are rendered with the utmost economy, pared down to billowing blocks of color that seem to float above the road below, dwarfing the pointillist pedestrians who stroll beneath them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
When projected on the screen, analog film has a three-dimensional, pointillist texture called “grain,” a product of its synthetic makeup.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
This episode vividly demonstrates the "Better Call Saul" writers and director's aptitude for creating pointillist portraits of Kim and whoever Jimmy is at any moment.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2022
The individual effect of a gene, Fisher argued, was like a dot of a pointillist painting.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
