Pointillism, sometimes referred to as Divisionism, was a painting technique developed during the Post-Impressionism that later turns into a movement on its own. Modern painting begins along with the birth of French Impressionism, giving artists the freedom to work independently from the Classic standards that the academies impose. With this new way of seeing and portraying art, painters start to experiment with what they saw, studying the anatomy of the eye and how our mind receives color and light. The artists were more interested in the optical side of painting than the imitation of nature....
