Journal 8: Pointillism

Pointillism is often considered part of the Post- _______________ movement.

• Renaissance

• Cubism

• Impressionist

• Modernism

Pointillism reached its peak in the _______________ and _______________ after the Impressionists movement.

• 1880s; 1890s

• 1820s; 1830s

• 1860s; 1870s

• 1840s; 1850s

Pointillism was invented by Georges _______________ and Paul _______________.

• Luce; Argrand

• Seurat; Signac

• Roy; Metzinger

• Rysselberghe; Cross

Unlike some art movements, Pointillism has nothing to do with the subject _______________ of the painting.

• point

• definition

• matter

• focus

Pointillism is a specific way of applying the _______________ to the _______________.

• pen; paper

• crayons; canvas

• pencils; paper

• paint; canvas

In Pointillism, the painting is made up entirely of small _______________ of _______________ color.

• squares; shiny

• rectangles; mixed

• dots; pure

• triangles; dark

Pointillism used the science of _______________ to create colors from many small dots placed so close to each other that they would _______________ into an image to the eye.

• optics; blur

• color; sharpen

• texture; form

• patterns; appear

George Seurat called this style of painting _______________ when he invented it, but the name was changed over time.

• Dotism

• Divisionism

• Shapism

• Colorism

The ______________ the dots, the _______________ the painting and the ______________ the lines. Just like the resolution on a computer monitor.

• tinier; sharper; narrower

• bigger; blurrier; wider

• amount; clearer; length

• smaller; clearer; sharper

Select All of the POINTILLISM Artists

• Paul Signac

• Fransisco Goya

• Theo Van Rysselberghe

• Leonardo DaVinci

• Pablo Picasso