Sentence examples for motif in art from inspiring English sources
The flower became a motif in art, fabrics and interior design.
In his research, Dr. Garfinkel found the earliest examples of the dancing motif in art from two 9,000-year-old sites in the Middle East.
The resplendent quetzal the national bird of Guatemala, which shares its name with the currency and is a popular motif in art, fabric, and jewelry was worshipped and deified by the ancient Mayans and Aztecs.
As popular a motif in art history as they may be, flowers manage to get revitalized in artist Maggie West's FLORA.
The nudes are the ostensible subject in this 25-year survey of the artist's obsession with one of the classical motifs in art.
Flowers have always been one of the most important visual motifs in art, but they're also one of the most cliché images in photography.
But I choose to see the shape as an angel, a frequent motif in folk art.
The guitar is a recurring motif in her art, signifying both nostalgia and creative stimulus.
The cockerel is a popular motif in modernist art, symbolising regeneration, awakening and strength.
Patralatā, decorative motif in Indian art, consisting of a lotus rhizome (underground plant stem).
The baby pharaoh sucking the breasts of Isis (who was perhaps in real life represented by her high priestess) is a common motif in Egyptian art.
