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  2. Motif (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    A motif may be an element in the iconography of a particular subject or type of subject that is seen in other works, or may form the main subject, as the Master of Animals motif in ancient art typically does. The related motif of confronted animals is often seen alone, but may also be repeated, for example in Byzantine silk and in other ancient ...

  3. Motif (music) - Wikipedia

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    A rhythmic motif is the term designating a characteristic rhythmic formula, an abstraction drawn from the rhythmic values of a melody. A motif thematically associated with a person, place, or idea is called a leitmotif or idée fixe. [7] Occasionally such a motif is a musical cryptogram of the name involved.

  4. Motif (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    A narrative motif can be created through the use of imagery, structural components, language, and other elements throughout literature. The flute in Arthur Miller 's play Death of a Salesman is a recurrent sound motif that conveys rural and idyllic notions.

  5. Motif - Wikipedia

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  6. Category:Visual motifs - Wikipedia

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  7. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    Chinese art : a guide to motifs and visual imagery. Boston, US: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0689-5. OCLC 893707208. Williams, Charles (2006). Chinese symbolism and art motifs : a comprehensive handbook on symbolism in Chinese art through the ages. New York: Tuttle Pub. ISBN 978-1-4629-0314-6. OCLC 782879753

  8. Leitmotif - Wikipedia

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    The use of characteristic, short, recurring motifs in orchestral music can be traced back to the early seventeenth century, such as L'Orfeo by Monteverdi.In French opera of the late eighteenth century (such as the works of Gluck, Grétry and Méhul), "reminiscence motif" can be identified, which may recur at a significant juncture in the plot to establish an association with earlier events.

  9. Sunburst - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes part of a sunburst, a semicircular or semi-elliptical shape, is used. Traditional sunburst motifs usually show the rays narrowing as they get further from the centre; from the later 19th century they often get wider, as in the Japanese Rising Sun Flag, which is more appropriate in optical terms.