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ID: 300419442
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300419442

 

Record Type: concept
divisionism (painting technique) (<painting techniques by application method or circumstances>, painting techniques, ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Refers to the general technique of separation of color using marks of any kind in painting or printmaking, particularly in the works of Italian artists. The term was invented by Paul Signac to describe the technique of Neo-Impressionist separation of color into dots or patches applied directly to the canvas, intended to produce maximum brilliance, avoiding muddiness caused by physically mixing colors. While divisionism may be used as a synonym for "pointillism," in modern usage the term "pointillism" often refers specifically to the technique using dots or very short dashes in a more controlled manner.
 
Terms:
divisionism (painting technique) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
chromo-luminarism (painting technique) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KT

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Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
.... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <processes and techniques by specific type>
........ <processes and techniques by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <image-making processes and techniques>
............ <image-making processes and techniques> (G)
Hierarchy of <painting and painting techniques>
................ <painting and painting techniques> (G)
Hierarchy of painting techniques
.................... painting techniques (G)
Hierarchy of <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>
........................ <painting techniques by application method or circumstances> (G)
Hierarchy of divisionism (painting technique)
............................ divisionism (painting technique) (G)

Related concepts:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  pointillism (painting technique)
..................................................  (<painting techniques by application method or circumstances>, painting techniques, ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) [300067450]
reflects ....  Divisionist (style)
................  (<modern Italian fine arts styles and movements>, <modern Italian styles and movements>, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) [300419440]

Sources and Contributors:
chromo-luminarism (painting technique)............  [VP]
.................................................................  Grove Art Online (2008-)
divisionism (painting technique)............  [VP Preferred]
.....................................................  Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
.....................................................  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 14 January 2019
.....................................................  Hamilton, Painting and Sculpture (1984) 600
.....................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) as a 450 for "Neo-impressionism"
.....................................................  Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986)
.....................................................  Murray, Dictionary of Art and Artists (1971) 297
.....................................................  Oxford Companion to 20th-Century Art (1981)
.....................................................  RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Grove Art Online (2008-) Paul Smith, "Seurat," and Aurora Scotti Tosini, "Divisionism," accessed 14 January 2019
.......... Murray, Dictionary of Art and Artists (1971) 297

 

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