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Motif vs Iconography - What's the difference?

motif | iconography |

As nouns the difference between motif and iconography

is that motif is a recurring or dominant element; a theme while iconography is a set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.

motif

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
    • See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?
  • (music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work
  • A decorative figure that is repeated in a design
  • (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
  • A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
  • (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.

    • Related terms

    * motive ----

    iconography

    English

    (wikipedia iconography)

    Noun

  • A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
  • The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.
    • the iconography of the ancients
  • The study of representative art in general.