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Art Terminology

 

Motif - a decorative design or pattern

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mosaic - the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sculpturethe art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grecian Keys

Rococo Motifs

Michaelangelo's Pieta

Laocoon and his sons

Roman Mosaic

Bignor Roman Villa Mosaic

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