motif

The steady, entrancing rhythms are a well-established motif in dramatizations of the American war in Vietnam.

After several weeks of shock and mourning, Hartley began a series of paintings known as the War Motif paintings.

My understanding is that this artwork came first and was soon replaced with the “Sambo as a baby genie” motif.

This motif has been a classic of anti-modernism for two centuries in Europe.

Soth relates the garages to a repeating cube motif in the series.

We must have motif first, then technique to adapt and adjust expression and to develop facility in the active agents.

With this (class c) form of the story we frequently find combined what is known as The False Claimant ‘motif.’

The bird motif occurs in the decoration of metallic objects in the British Islands during the early centuries in this era.

It is not repoussé, but is cut in openwork of intricate pattern in which the Swastika is the principal motif.

It seemed illogical, and evaded him, like a melody with a dimly familiar motif which he was unable to place or even fully recall.