neo-impressionism
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ne·o-im·pres·sion·ism 
[nee-oh-im-presh-uh-niz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
[nee-oh-im-presh-uh-niz-uhm] Pronunciation Key –noun (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts.
) Fine Arts. | the theory and practice of a group of post-impressionists of about the middle 1880s, characterized chiefly by a systematic juxtaposition of dots or points of pure color according to a concept of the optical mixture of hues. |
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| ne·o·im·pres·sion·ism or ne·o-im·pres·sion·ism
(nē'ō-ĭm-prěsh'ə-nĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n. A movement in late 19th-century painting led by Georges Seurat that was stricter and more formal than impressionism in composition and employed pointillism as a technique. ne'o·im·pres'sion·ist adj. & n. |
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