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Press Release

Design Motifs in Byzantine Art
August 6, 2013–August 3, 2014

Publication

"Nō Motifs in the Decoration of a Mid-Edo Period Kosode"

Press Release

Rooms with a View, First Exhibition to Focus on Motif of the Open Window in 19th Century Art, at Metropolitan Museum

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How Alexander Calder's "Mobile" injects motion into sculpture

June 19, 2013

"I think the mobiles help to slow us down."

Essay

The Decoration of Tibetan Arms and Armor

August 1, 2007

By Donald J. La Rocca

The degree of ornamentation and the range of symbols found on Tibetan arms and armor can vary considerably, but generally the same decorative motifs found on other Tibetan objects and works of art, such as furniture, ritual implements, sculpture, and paintings, are seen on arms and armor.

Essay

A New Visual Language Transmitted Across Asia

October 1, 2003

By Qamar Adamjee and Stefano Carboni

A number of motifs that were part of the existing artistic repertoire were adopted as imperial symbols of power and dominance.

Essay

Greek Art in the Archaic Period

October 1, 2003

By Department of Greek and Roman Art

Greek artists rapidly assimilated foreign styles and motifs into new portrayals of their own myths and customs, thereby forging the foundations of Archaic and Classical Greek art.

Essay

Renaissance Velvet Textiles

August 1, 2011

By Melinda Watt

The precise meaning of some of the motifs that held special significance during the Renaissance has been lost over time.

Essay

Teotihuacan: Mural Painting

October 1, 2001

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

The abundance of smaller motifs may have constituted a pictorial notational system, but Teotihuacan is remarkable for its apparent lack of a writing system.