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Encyclopedia > Motif (visual arts)
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In art, a motif is a repeated idea, pattern, image, or theme. Paisley designs are referred to as motifs. Many designs in mosques in Islam culture are motifs, especially those of flowers. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Paisley ties Paisley or Paisley pattern is a droplet-shaped vegetal motif, similar to half of the Yin yang symbol, the Indian bodhi tree leaf, or the mango tree. ... A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the Quran, its principal scripture, whose followers, known as Muslims (مسلم), believe God (Arabic: الله ) sent through revelations to Muhammad. ...


Motifs may have iconographic significiance within a work of art. It has been said “A picture is worth a thousand words”, and so it is that iconography is the traditional art of portraying figures in pigment that symbolically mean more than a simple depiction of the person involved. ...


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