Examples of motif in the following topics:
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- Another term that usually refers to a piece of melody (although it can also refer to a rhythm or a chord progression) is "motif".
- A motif is a short musical idea - shorter than a phrase - that occurs often in a piece of music.
- When a motif returns, it can be slower or faster, or in a different key.
- As with other motifs, leitmotifs may be changed when they return.
- The "fate motif" from the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
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- Themes are similar but also different from motifs in that themes are ideas conveyed by the visual experience as a whole, while motifs are repeated symbols found inside an overarching theme.
- Simply having a repeating pattern or motif does not necessarily mean that that motif is the theme of the work of art, as the theme could be much broader.
- Motifs are often thematic, but do not necessarily encompass the overall theme of a work of art.
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- Like a motif, a subject has often changed when it reappears, sounding higher or lower, for example, or faster or slower.
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- Early Christians also adapted Roman motifs and gave new meanings to what had been pagan symbols.
- Among the motifs adopted were the peacock, grapevines, and the "good shepherd" .
- The result, was a fusion of pagan motifs and Christian symbolism that infused early Christian painting and iconography.
- The Good Shepherd motif in painting is a fusion of pagan and Christian symbolism.
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- These themes are often complete melodies with many phrases, but a single phrase can be taken from the melody and used as a motif.
- If you would like to introduce some of these concepts and terms to children, please see A Melody Activity, The Shape of a Melody, Melodic Phrases, and Theme and Motif in Music.
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- A sacred art object refers to art that makes use of religious inspiration and motifs.
- A sacred art object refers to art that makes use of religious inspiration and motifs.
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- Motifs, creatures, and styles were borrowed from others cultures by the Greeks transformed into a unique Greek-Eastern mix of style and motifs.
- In this region, floral and animal motifs are common, but the human figure appears in the work of the most prominent painters such as the Analatos Painter, the Mesogeia Painter, and the Polyphemos Painter.
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- A great deal of Aztec sculpture incorporated the skull motif; today this is known in Mexico as "skull art."
- The stone is 11.75 feet in diameter and 3.22 feet thick, and it weighs about 24 tons; on its surface are intricate carvings and sculpted motifs that refer to central components of the Mexica cosmogony.
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- The motifs used in needlework followed the trends in other forms of art at the time, such as illuminated manuscripts and architecture; some motifs including the use of scrolls, spirals, and foliage.
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- Traditionally, individual markings are called motifs, while groups of motifs are known as panels.