Motif

twisted ribbon: an ornamental motif of thin, continuous bands arranged in a rectilinear fashion, and represented as if the bands were three dimensional. See also other repetative decorative motifs
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Crockets : A distinctive Gothic motif formed of floral and leaf ornamentation. Primarily used on spire and pinnacle sculpture.
Cusp : Found within Tracery decoration to form the meeting point of foils.

motif
A consistent or recurrent conceptual element, usually a figure or design. In an architectural or decorative pattern, a motif is employed as the central element in a work, or it is repeated either consistently or as a theme with variations.

Motif
Any figure or design, when used either as the central element in a work or is repeated to create an architectural or decorative pattern. Also, a recurrent thematic element in any work.
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Motif: The theme or source.
Murals: Paintings done directly on to a wall, usually for religious, decorative, or commercial purposes. Mainly done in tempera or fresco.

motif. A unit repeated over and over in a pattern. The repeated motif often creates a sense of rhythm.
movement. The principle of design dealing with the creation of action.

motif: a distinct, often repeated idea or feature within a two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or time-based art work.

Motif - Having a central theme or idea such as the Baptism, the Crucifixion, or the Resurrection, where the artist is free to experiment within its realm.
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Motif: A term meaning "subject". Flowers or roses can be a motif.
Muted: Suppressing the full color value of a particular color.
N.W.S.: Abbreviation of the National Watercolor Society, established in 1920.

motif: a unit repeated to create visual rhythm.
movement: the design principle that uses some of the elements of art to produce the look of action or to cause the viewer's eye to sweep over the art work in a certain manner.

motif - (pronounced mo-teef) - A French term which refers to: the subject matter or content of a work of art (e.g., a landscape motif); also refers to a visual element used in a work of art, as in a recurring motif (i.e.

MOTIF - A distinctive and recurring form, shape or figure.
MOLDING - Wood or metal which has been refined and shaped and which includes a rabbet for use in the framing industry.
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Motif: This term refers to the subject of a painting or a distinct element found in a work of art.
Mural: A mural is any type of painting created directly on a wall surface.

The Motifs of Rock Art
In Australia, the Murray culture (20,000-8,000bc) and the Panaramitee culture (10,000-3, ОООвс) produced notable ideographic engravings.

leitmotif - Originally a musical term, used to describe a device employed by composer Richard Wagner (German, 1813-1883). A specific musical phrase was associated with the first and each recurring appearance of a character, idea, or emotion.

Motifs
A thematic or visual element in a work of art, usually recurrent.

Motif: A term meaning "subject". Flowers or roses can be a motif. Return to top
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motif...A designed unit or pattern that is repeated often enough in a total composition to make it a significant or dominant feature. Motif is similar to theme or melody in a musical composition.

Motif
A recurring element, subject, or theme in works of art.
Movement
A principal of design that refers to the arrangement of elements in artwork organized in such a way as to create a sense of motion.

The motif of the arabesque featured strongly in the grotto-esque compositions of Imperial Rome, the acanthus stems and volutes forming frameworks generally depicted as inhabited by fantastical animal and corporeal forms.

New motifs from this period show signs of a more extroverted orientation. "Bathing Men" (1907-08) is a vigorous tribute to vital manliness.

decorative motif in Gothic art consisting of four lobes or sections of circles of the same size. Quattrocento (It. "four hundred") ...

Reusing favorite motifs, Cuyp repeated the lady's white steed in his Horsemen and Herdsmen with Cattle.

pier-and-spandrel motif A wall treatment that emphasizes the play between vertical piers and horizontal spandrels.
pigment Substances used as a coloring agent.

art deco - characterized by sharply outlined geometric motifs, bold color and simple curvilinear and angular forms, typically made with synthetic materials
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Floral and Vegetable Motifs (1893 AD)
Flutist on the Cliffs (1889 AD)
Forest Edge (1885 AD)
Forest Path (1873 AD)
Four Breton Women (1886 AD)
Four Breton Women (Study) (1886 AD)
Fruit (1886 AD)
Fruit (1888 AD)
Fruit in a Bowl (1886 AD) ...

Motifs collected in Transylvania reappeared in their works besides historical (Klára Zách I-II, 1911) and biblical (Ave Myriam, 1904) themes containing symbolic motifs, ...

He believed that eighteenth-century counterpoint (his favourite form) could be translated quite directly into gradations of colour and value, repetitions and changes of motif; his compositions of stacked forms, ...

Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational and Classical motifs, after which time more purely abstract and conceptual modes gained favor.

recognizable emblematic motifs and symbols in works of art.
Ideal art
art of various periods that is based on the artist's conception rather than visual perception, e.g. the art of the High Renaissance, or of 17th-century classicism.

Such shells or shell forms were the primary motifs in Rococo ornament. The Rococo style began as a backlash against Baroque formality and stuffiness. Unlike Baroque, Rococo is not concerned with religious matters or dramatic expression.

Art Deco: During the 1920s and 30s, artists used decorative motifs derived from French, African, Aztec, Chinese, and Egyptian cultures.

In fine arts, a preparatory sketch or design for a picture or ornamental motif to be transferred to a fresco or tapestry.

This encouraged the use of very simple motifs, since they best articulated the shape and flat surface of the canvases on which they were painted.

A decorative art style, especially associated with sinuous vines and tendril motifs---curving, often-swirling shapes based on flowing organic forms.

[and] Leon Bakst give an exotic touch to the dresses of the Parisians, displaying slightly Cubist motifs ... Michael Maguire's Glory of Greyhounds:Art Deco & the Grayhound ...

The central visual motif of the exhibition is the 'House', presented as a small, dense often black, impregnable object. These bronze houses offer no shelter, their sides resemble granite like shale, which hold no hope of entrance to their dark past.

Attributes in Iconography In Greek art, the gods were often depicted with certain attributes or motifs by which they could be identified. This is a brief list for easy reference and is not meant to be definitive.

Rococo motifs focused on the carefree aristocratic life and on lighthearted romance rather than heroic battles or religious figures; they also revolve heavily around nature and exterior settings.

" Instead of neoclassical motifs and revivalism, applied arts ushered in Victorian sensibilities and conservative ornamentation. The period is rather short, lasting only 18 years.

For instance, an artist may deliberately superimpose motifs for ideological reasons (e.g. Lewis -Williams 1974). Moreover, there are a number of technical difficulties associated with the recording of superimpositions.

The style of the Art Nouveau movement was one based on elaborate ornamental motifs and natural forms, often involving leaves, flowers, vines and long female hair.

In their work from this period, Picasso and Braque frequently combined representational motifs with letters (1999.363.63; 1999.363.11).

Also, his motifs change from an open to a closed form. Because his paintings do not have any given subject matter, this change of color and form is crucial. Consider how Rothko's darkened colors and closed forms affect the mood of his works.

Nature-oriented motifs--often depicting local flora--were carved into the pottery which was then finished with a matte glaze.

1000, the arabesque is a complex style of decoration characterised by repetitive geometric patterns, the interlacing of plant and animal forms, and abstract curvilinear motifs.

(c.1245-c.1302) Italian late Gothic architect and sculptor who combined classical Roman forms with Gothic motifs, heralding in the Renaissance style. He apprenticed with Nicola Pisano and, c.1294, he began work on the Florence Cathedral.

The ironically-titled Goddess of Love, Goddess of Liberty contains imagery of women with bound feet, a reoccurring motif in Liu's work. A woman with bound feet has become Liu's symbol for the suffering of old China.

Acanthus. The acanthus leaf was used as a decorative motif on the Corinthian capital and later on the Composite capital. The form is a stylized version of the plant's long, slender leaves and pointed flowers.

PATTERN a design made by repeating a motif at regular intervals.
PERSPECTIVE a technique for creating the illusion of depth on a 2-D surface.
PHOTOGRAPHER a person who takes photographs.

The use of styles, ornamentation, and motifs from the past (e.g, rococo, baroque, classical), often in eclectic combination, especially in architecture. continue
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Decoupage - the Victorian craft of cutting out motifs from paper gluing them to a surface and covering with as many layers of varnish as is required to give a completely smooth finish.

Anglo-Saxon Art
Characterized by interlaced motif, it was an art style relevant to England in the fifth to eleventh centuries.

style of decorative art popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (characterized by plant motifs, flowing lines and asymmetrical shapes)
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Esser’s sea and beach scenes suggest the influence of Caspar David Friedrich, a 19th Century German romantic painter, for whom the landscape was a motif of spiritual significance.

The style of decorative art that was prominent from the 1880s until the First World War (1914). Art Nouveau features stylized, flowing organic motifs (such as flowers and leaves) with strong lines. The name is French for "new art".

It is characterized by opulence, grace, playfulness, and lightness in contrast to the heavier themes and darker colors of the earlier Baroque period. Rococo motifs focused on the carefree aristrocratic life and on lighthearted romance rather then ...

In an analytical cubist painting, the object was "taken apart" and reshaped with the use of flat intersecting planes. Paintings frequently combine representational motifs with letters, the latter emphasizing the painter's concern with abstraction.

in which Henri Matisse, André Derain, and Maurice Vlalminck [among others], working in the wake of Van Gogh and Gauguin, used brilliant color in broad impasto strokes to suggest the vitality and structure of their largely landscape motifs.

Especially notable within this cluster is the Temple of the Giant Jaguar, named after a motif on one of its lintels. It towers 145 feet, and tombs are beneath and inside the structure.

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