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Polka Dot Remember pointillism from your Art History 101 class? — Devon Abelman, Allure, "13 Unexpected Ways to Wear Winged Eyeliner That Are Taking Over Instagram," 14 Sep. 2018 Polka Dot Remember pointillism from your Art History 101 class? — Devon Abelman, Allure, "13 Unexpected Ways to Wear Winged Eyeliner That Are Taking Over Instagram," 14 Sep. 2018 Polka Dot Remember pointillism from your Art History 101 class? — Devon Abelman, Allure, "13 Unexpected Ways to Wear Winged Eyeliner That Are Taking Over Instagram," 14 Sep. 2018 Polka Dot Remember pointillism from your Art History 101 class? — Devon Abelman, Allure, "13 Unexpected Ways to Wear Winged Eyeliner That Are Taking Over Instagram," 14 Sep. 2018 Is there a sort of pointillism equivalent for film in digital stuff next to the more watercolor-y way actual film stock behaves? — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "Eighth Grade director Bo Burnham on what most movies get wrong about the internet," 25 Aug. 2018 Abigail Fischer sings the piece vividly, with members of Sequitur, conducted by Jayce Ogren, moving easily through the score’s episodes of pointillism, stateliness and hazy dissonance. — Allan Kozinn, WSJ, "Romantic Lushness Meets Post-Tonal Grittiness," 30 May 2018 Just like the Seurat painting, minus the class status and pointillism. — Elisa Albert, Longreads, "O, Small-bany!," 7 May 2018 Roxi Satni: @roxitattoo Roxi Satni specializes in blackwork, pointillism, and geometric tattooing. — Andrea Alonso, Los Angeles Magazine, "12 L.A.-Based Women Tattoo Artists You Need to Follow on Instagram," 2 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pointillism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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