Pointillism
  
Pointillism is a unique technique
of painting that utilizes individual
primary color dots to create a scene. The viewer’s eyes perceive
the dots as combining together to create a scene. Pointillism is
based on the Trichromatic color theory which states that the primary
colors are red, green and blue and that these colors combined can
form a mixture of colors and images. However, because pointillism
relies on viewers fusing the individual dots together to perceive
a scene, several flourishing pointillist artists worked to make
their brushstrokes invisible. This removed the texture in paintings
that was created by visible brushstrokes but adds many supplementary
effects to the art piece such as vibrance and luminance, the results
of sunlight on objects.
 
The brushstrokes in Paul Signac's "The windmills at Overschie"
is visible while the brush strokes in Georges Seurat's "Une baignade,
Asnieres" is not visible. Seurat's painting has a much more
vibrant and luminant appearance.
Pointillism is frequently referred to as Post-Impressionism and
is very much associated with Divisionism, another art form which
focuses on separation of color. The difference between Pointillism
and Divisionism is the method in which color is separated by brushstrokes
- Pointillism uses only dots to segregate colors while Divisionism
uses any means, whether it is dots, patches of color or brushstrokes
to split the colors. Pointillism is also generally stated as an
influence for Fauvism, a short lived style of art preferred by
artists such as Paul Gauguin.
Georges-Pierre Seurat is one of the most well-known Pointillist
artists. He created several famous pieces of art using this technique,
including "Sunday Afternoon on the Island on La Grande Jatte".
The Pointillism technique is also used by contemporary technologies
such as television screens.
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