Definição

• Motif.  The character or essence of the entire design of a numismatic item, the theme plus the artistic treatment by the artist. As such motif differs from the topic (which is the subject matter), the design which is the plan and execution by the artist) and the device (which is the principle design element). Motif is both the artistic theme and the feeling it conveys to the viewer.
     

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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