1. Pointillism

2. Pointillism
An “ism” is a suffix at the end of many English words. It comes from Greek “ismos” and Latin “ismus”.
You have seen it at the end of words like optimism, Buddhism, racism, favoritism, and terrorism.

3. Pointillism
It signifies a belief, practice, idea, or movement. In art, there are many movements that end in ism.
One of the most popular ISMs is Pointillism.

4. Pointillism
Pointillism, just as it sounds, is a style of art using only dots. French Artist Georges Seurat, the founder of this movement in the 1880s, preferred the name Divisionism.
It was the critics of this movement that gave it the name Pointillism.
Georges Seurat

5. Pointillism
When viewed from a distance, the eye blends the dots, in a process called optical blending.
Even though no orange paint was used, red and yellow create the effect.
The Eiffel Tower by Georges Seurat

6. Pointillism
Seurat began as a more traditional painter and later developed
Pointillism.
The Bathers at Asnières by Georges Seurat

7. Pointillism
Pointillism required so much patience. His most famous piece, took two years!
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
by Georges Seurat

8. Pointillism Seurat made over 3 million dots on this piece! 3,456,000
dots one at a time!
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
by Georges Seurat

9. Pointillism
So now you know about Pointillism in art. But, if you want to know more,you can always a
research Cubism, Surrealism, Impressionism, Constructivism, Fauvism, Pointillism, Dadaism, Realism, Post -Modernism, Modernism, Mannerism, Neo-Expressionism, and Romanticism. . . for starters.

10. Movements Impressionism Cubism Pointillism Realism Surrealism
More isms

11. Create your own…
Choose a simple object and composition and use dots to create it.
Choose an object(s)
Draw light and simple outline
Use dots of color to create the shape (fill whole paper)