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.

Motifs may have iconographic significiance within a work of art.

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