page_title: Motif (visual arts)
hierarchical_section_title: Motif (visual arts)
caption_attribution_description: English: Remains of the capital of a Composite column in Ephesus (in present-day coastal Turkey). A composite capital may be seen as a Ionic capital placed over a Corinthian capital with the Ionic volutes at the corners, perhaps reduced in size and importance, above the two ranks of stylized acanthus leaves. The leaves may be quite stiff, schematic and dry, or they may be extravagantly drilled and undercut, naturalistic and spiky. Nederlands: Overblijfselen van het kapiteel van een Korintische zuil. Kenmerkend voor de Composiete orde is de versiering van de kapitelen, geïnspireerd door de bladeren van de acanthus, met op de vier hoeken een gereduceerde voluut uit de Ionische orde (die naderhand ook verwaarloosd zou worden).
context_page_description: In art and iconography, a motif is an element of an image. A motif may be repeated in a pattern or design, often many times, or may just occur once in a work.
context_section_description: In art and iconography, a motif ((pronunciation) ) is an element of an image.  A motif may be repeated in a pattern or design, often many times, or may just occur once in a work.
caption: Composite capital whose design includes acanthus leaf, and volute motifs
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