Editing Pointillism (section)

== Technique ==
The technique relies on the ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to blend the color spots into a fuller range of tones. It is related to [[Divisionism]], a more technical variant of the method. Divisionism is concerned with [[color theory]], whereas pointillism is more focused on the specific style of brushwork used to apply the paint.<ref name=ArtCyclopedia>{{cite web|url=http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/pointillism.html|title=Pointillism|website=www.artcyclopedia.com}}</ref> It is a technique with few serious practitioners today and is notably seen in the works of [[Georges Seurat|Seurat]], [[Paul Signac|Signac]], and [[Henri-Edmond Cross|Cross]].

[[File:Paul Signac Femmes au puits 1892détailcouleur.jpg|thumb|[[Paul Signac]], ''Femmes au Puits'', 1892, showing a detail with constituent colors. [[Musée d'Orsay]], Paris]]
[[File:Henri-Edmond Cross - The Evening Air - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|[[Henri-Edmond Cross]], ''L'air du soir'', c.1893, [[Musée d'Orsay]]]]

From 1905 to 1907, [[Robert Delaunay]] and [[Jean Metzinger]] painted in a Divisionist style with large squares or 'cubes' of color: the size and direction of each gave a sense of rhythm to the painting, yet color varied independently of size and placement.<ref name="Jean Metzinger">Jean Metzinger, ca. 1907, quoted in Georges Desvallières, ''La Grande Revue'', vol. 124, 1907, as cited in Robert L. Herbert, 1968, Neo-Impressionism, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York</ref> This form of Divisionism was a significant step beyond the preoccupations of Signac and Cross. In 1906, the art critic Louis Chassevent recognized the difference and, as art historian [[Daniel Robbins (art historian)|Daniel Robbins]] pointed out, used the word "cube" which would later be taken up by [[Louis Vauxcelles]] to baptize [[Cubism]]. Chassevent writes: 
: M. Metzinger is a mosaicist like M. Signac but he brings more precision to the cutting of his cubes of color which appear to have been made mechanically [...].<ref name="Robert Herbert">Robert L. Herbert, 1968, ''Neo-Impressionism'', The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York</ref><ref>Louis Chassevent: ''Les Artistes indépendantes'', 1906</ref><ref>Louis Chassevent, ''22e Salon des Indépendants'', 1906, ''Quelques petits salons'', Paris, 1908, p. 32</ref><ref name="Daniel Robbins">[https://archive.org/stream/albertgleizes1881robb#page/n3/mode/2up Daniel Robbins, 1964, ''Albert Gleizes 1881 – 1953, A Retrospective Exhibition'', Published by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, in collaboration with Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund]</ref>