pointillism
Synonympointillist
She has a fine collection of pointillistic art.
The artist uses circular brush strokes and pointillistic shading.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Art history & artistic movements
abstract
abstract expressionism
aesthetic
anti-modern
anti-modernism
cubism
cubist
expressionism
expressionist
expressionistic
minimalistic
modernism
modernist
montage
naturalism
regency
rococo
romantic
romanticism
screen printing
pointillisticadjective (DETAILED)
using very small units of sound, very detailed descriptions, etc. to create an artistic effect:
Her pointillistic narrative technique can make for dreary reading.
In the middle of the piece there is a delicate pointillistic piano solo.
The music now became pointillistic and moody.
He wrote a brilliant, pointillistic history of the American Civil War.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Detailed and careful
blow-by-blow
detailed
detailedly
diligence
diligent
in depthphrase
in the weedsidiom
intimately
intricate
intricately
over-elaborate
over-fussy
over-organize
over-organized
painstaking
thoroughgoing
thoroughgoingly
thoroughness
white-glove
wonkiness