motifs

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The turn-of-the-century molds in his studio — which use botanic motifs, blossoming forms with metallic winged and floral attachments — look like desk toppers fit for an early 1900s eccentric obsessed with Darwinism and industrialization.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The style blends Iranian, Greco-Roman, Germanic and Asian influences into a coherent visual language whose motifs persist even as meanings alter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Emphasising that concept, musical motifs from Arirang appear on the album's opening track, Body To Body, harnessed to a clattering hip-hop beat.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The process allows for the creation of 1,2,3,5-substituted adducts, structural motifs commonly found in natural products such as heitziamide A.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

For after 1765 Copley freely adapted and combined motifs from different prints in his paintings, often disguising their origins so completely that we cannot be certain which they were.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson