It is this subject matter that has brought Mason a large and enthusiastic following among sportsmen, but it is his exceptional performance with this motif that commends him to artists and discerning collectors.

Once he has been identified, however, a new melody is used to accompany his narrative, a bleak motif with barren octaves creating a rather ancient effect:

" This is the iconic motif by which Actaeon is recognized, both in ancient art and in Renaissance and post-Renaissance depictions.

It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek ( or Indo-European more generally ) names expressing " battle-prowess ", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line.

The subject has been popular in art since classical times ; it is one of several Greek myths of a Greek hero's rescue of the intended victim of an archaic sacred marriage, giving rise to the " princess and dragon " motif.

Prayer is a major motif in both the Gospel of Luke and Acts.

* The allene motif is frequently encountered in carbomers.

Inspired by the Black Death, The Dance of Death, an allegory on the universality of death, is a common painting motif in the late medieval period.

This trend is already apparent by the 8-coordination in CsCl, vs the halite motif adopted by the other alkali metal chlorides.

Also called the " caesium chloride structure ", this structural motif is composed of a primitive cubic lattice with a two-atom basis, each with an eightfold coordination ; the chloride atoms lie upon the lattice points at the edges of the cube, while the caesium atoms lie in the holes in the center of the cubes.

One of the potential helmet designs Brown rejected was a striped motif that was similar to the helmets adopted by the team in 1981 and which is still in use to this day ; however, that design featured yellow stripes on a turquoise helmet which were more uniform in width.

The echinus itself is decorated with an egg-and-dart motif.

According to David Leeming, writing in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, the harrowing of hell is an example of the motif of the hero's descent to the underworld, which is common in many mythologies.

The contrasts between the tall, thin, fancy-struck, and idealistic Quixote and the fat, squat, world-weary Panza is a motif echoed ever since the book ’ s publication, and Don Quixote's imaginings are the butt of outrageous and cruel practical jokes in the novel.

The motif is continued in Greek Apollo, and the early Christian narratives about Archangel Michael and Saint George.

Dedham pottery is a cherished class of antiques, characterized by a distinctive crackle glaze, blue-and-white color scheme, and a frequent motif of rabbits and other animals.

In the tradition of Holy Writ, the impossibility of coming face to face with God is a recurring motif, thus the commandment against graven images ( Exodus 20. 4-5 ).

The other motif that appears is Epictetus ' opinion on the judgment of events:

The design of the first Stars and Stripes by Hopkinson had the thirteen stars arranged in a " staggered " pattern technically known as quincuncial because it is based on the repetition of a motif of five units.

The flag is a common motif on decals for car windows, and clothing ornaments such as badges and lapel pins.

This sculpture is typical of the themes and style of this artist, and the most significant example of his " inside / outside " motif.

In most GTPases, the specificity for the base guanine is imparted by the base-recognition motif, which has the consensus sequence KXD.

This gumption in musical experimentation was the essence of Puccini's style, as evidenced in his diverse settings and use of the motif to express ideas beyond those in the story and text.

There is textual and archaeological evidence that districts such as Trigg were used as martially points for ' war hosts ' from across the region, likely to have also included troops from overseas evidenced by corresponding place names in Brittany — a recurring motif of Brythonic Arthurian myth originating in this period, such as Tristan and Iseult.

The motif of masks and unmasking was prevalent in the homophile era, prefiguring the political strategy of coming out and giving the Mattachine Society its name.

Tang era gilding | gilt-silver ear cup with flower motif

Following a trend set by Black Christmas, Silent Night, Bloody Night, Halloween and Friday the 13th ( as well as To All a Good Night, a slasher film with a Christmas setting released in January 1980 and preceding Friday the 13th by four months ), many films of the era used special days or holidays as a motif.

Another important architectural trend to arise in the Seljuk era is the development of mausolea including the tomb tower such as the Gunbad-i-qabus ( circa 1006-7 ) ( showcasing a Zoroastrian motif ) and the domed square, an example of which is the tomb of the Samanids in the city of Bukhara ( circa 943 ).

In Britain, the image of the Green Man enjoyed a revival in the 19th century, becoming popular with architects during the Gothic revival and the Arts and Crafts era, when it appeared as a decorative motif in and on many buildings, both religious and secular.

Sometimes, especially in his later music, he develops ornaments which acquire the status of a motif, which is then used developmentally ; this anticipates a principal generative technique in the Baroque era.

The motif feature graphics that were already retro in the era of its release.

As with the three other Doctors costumed during the John Nathan-Turner era, the above mentioned question marks on the Doctor's pullover and his umbrella handle continued the red question marked clothing motif that was introduced in the Fourth Doctor's final season and ended before the Seventh Doctor's regeneration.

Image: Soulard St Louis Anchor Star. jpeg | Stars are a common architectural motif from the era of Soulard's building, an anchor plate on brick

The motif of selling one's soul for guitar power has become a staple of both rock and metal guitarists.

On the contrary, the soul of a noble warrior suffering in hell or as a lingering spirit is a common motif in Japanese art and literature.

Positive feedback loops, such as the simple X activates Y and Y activates X motif, essentially links output signals to their input signals and have been noted to be an important regulatory motif in cellular signal transduction because positive feedback loops can create switches with an all-or-nothing decision.

Each protein chain arranges into a set of alpha-helix structural segments connected together in a globin fold arrangement, so called because this arrangement is the same folding motif used in other heme / globin proteins such as myoglobin.

However, sceptics question the narrative's reliability, noting that water-beast stories were extremely common in medieval saints ' Lives ; as such, Adomnán's tale is likely a recycling of a common motif attached to a local landmark.

The earliest Christian art would often depict scenes from the New Testament such as the raising of Lazarus, the baptism of Jesus or the motif of the " Good Shepherd ".

A specialized enzyme, sortase, cleaves the target protein at a characteristic recognition site near the protein C-terminus, such as an LPXTG motif ( where X can be any amino acid ), then transfers the protein onto the cell wall.

Tolkien greatly prefers this motif over the later medieval trend of using the dragon as a symbolic or allegorical figure, such as in the legend of St. George.

Aria could also mean a melodic scheme ( motif ) or pattern for singing a poetic pattern, such as a sonnet.

It may also have been associated with the Holy Trinity, as in the three hares motif, representing the " One in Three and Three in One " of which the triangle or three interlocking shapes such as rings are common symbols.

In England, this motif usually appears in a prominent place in the church, such as the central rib of the chancel roof, or on a central rib of the nave.

Its motif is the concept of the medical regard ( translated by Alan Sheridan as " medical gaze "), traditionally limited to small, specialized institutions such as hospitals and prisons, but which Foucault examines as subjecting wider social spaces, governing the population en masse.

The Eye of Providence was, on the other hand, a fairly common Christian motif throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and was commonly used as such in Europe as well as America throughout the 18th century.

The crescent motif was also used on the logos of other Canwest properties such as E!

The association of white poplar leaves with Herakles is also attested by archaeological remains, such as the poplar-leaf motif carved on a statue base found in a small sanctuary to Herakles ( Roman Hercules ) along the Tiber river.

For instance, the widespread motif of a father who wishes to marry his own daughter — appearing in such tales as Allerleirauh, Donkeyskin, The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter, and The She-Bear — has been explained as his wish to prolong his reign, which he would lose after his wife's death to his son-in-law.

Various 19th century scholars, such as Julius Wellhausen and William Robertson Smith, believed the tradition to have been validated from the occasional occurrence of a merman motif found in Assyrian and Phoenician art, including coins from Ashdod and Arvad.

In film, such a motif is most frequently a plot device, image, character trait, or element of the mise en scène.

In Beowulf, the titular character battles against Grendel and his mother, while the saint, such as Athanasius ’ Anthony ( one of the original sources for the hagiographic motif ) or the character of Guthlac, battles against figures no less substantial in a spiritual sense.

The Secretary Bird has been a common motif for African countries on postage stamps, over 65 stamps from about 30 countries are known as of date including some from stamp-issuing entities such as Ajman, Manama.

From the late 1970s, his work marked allusions to earlier painters, such as Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet and Henri Matisse, either through the quoting of a pictorial motif, or the use of a particular technique.

This motif occurs from Norse mythology, where Svipdagr rouses his mother Gróa from the grave so as to learn from her how to accomplish a task his stepmother set, to fairy tales such as the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella, where Aschenputtel receives her clothing from a tree growing on her mother's grave, the Russian Vasilissa the Beautiful, where Vasilissa is aided by a doll her mother gave, and her mother's blessing, and the Malay Bawang Putih Bawang Merah, where the heroine's mother comes back as fish to protect her.

In a non-naval context the skull and crossbones motif has additional meanings, for example, to signify a hazard such as poison.

As such, many 18th birthdays are celebrated with a large party with friends, with drinking as a central motif.