Motif

In art, a motif audio speaker icon(pronunciation)  is a repeated pattern, image, or theme. Paisley designs are called motifs. Many designs in mosques in Islamic culture are motifs. Two major Roman motifs are egg and tongue, and ball and reel.

Plant motif, Taj Mahal

Motifs may have iconographic significance within a work of art.

  • Ajanta Cave ceiling motif before entrance, India
    Ajanta Cave ceiling motif before entrance, India
  • Wallpaper group
    Wallpaper group
  • Illustration from The Grammar of Ornament (1856)
    Illustration from The Grammar of Ornament (1856)


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