What is Motif?
[[File:TajFlowerCloseUp.jpg|thumb|Plant motif, [[Taj Mahal]]]] In art, a '''motif''' {{audio|en-us-motif.ogg|(pronunciation)}} is a repeated pattern, image, or theme. [[Paisley (design)|Paisley designs]] are called motifs. Many designs in [[mosques]] in [[Islamic]] culture are motifs. Two major Roman motifs are egg and tongue, and ball and reel. Motifs may have [[iconographic]] significance within a work of art. ==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Ajanta Entrance cave 17.jpg|<center>[[Ajanta]] Cave ceiling motif before entrance, [[India]]</center> Image:Wallpaper group-p2-3.jpg|<center>[[Wallpaper group]]</center> Image:Wallpaper group-p6m-1.jpg|<center>Illustration from ''[[The Grammar of Ornament]]'' (1856)</center> </gallery> [[Category:Art]] {{stub}}