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ID: 300311305
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300311305

 

Record Type: concept
serpentiforms (motifs) (motifs, design elements (attributes), Design Elements (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Motifs in the form of a snake, often stylized; seen in ceramics, textiles, and other works. For shapes that are sinuous but not necessarily resembling snakes, prefer "serpentine (shape)."
 
Terms:
serpentiforms (motifs) (preferred,C,V,English-P,D,U,PN)
serpentiform (motif) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
serpentiformes (C,V,Spanish,UF,U,U)
serpentiforme (C,V,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  D.DG

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Physical Attributes Facet
Physical Attributes Facet
Hierarchy of Design Elements (hierarchy name)
.... Design Elements (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of design elements (attributes)
........ design elements (attributes) (G)
Hierarchy of motifs
............ motifs (G)
Hierarchy of serpentiforms (motifs)
................ serpentiforms (motifs) (G,U)

Additional Notes:
Spanish ..... Diseño inspirado en la figura animal de la serpiente. Utilizado desde tiempos antiguos para la decoración de múltiples objetos y artefactos, realizada en materiales cerámicos, textiles, pictóricos, etc. 

Related concepts:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  serpentine (shape)
..................................................  (shape (form attribute), form attributes, ... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)) [300121990]

Sources and Contributors:
serpentiform (motif)............  [VP]
...................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
serpentiforme............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
..........................  Navarro, P., Julio, et.al, Siyasa Estudio Arqueológico del despoblado andalusí (ss. XI-XIII), Escuela de estudios Árabes de Granada (CSIC), 2007 281
serpentiformes............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.............................  Gutierrez, Solana, Nelly, Los mayas: Historia, arte y cultura, Publicado por Panorama Editorial, 1991 47
serpentiforms (motifs)............  [VP Preferred]
.........................................  Grove Art Online (2008-)
.........................................  Harding, Archaeology of Celtic Art (2007) 33
.........................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Grove Art Online (2008-) "prehistoric Europe," accessed 7 July 2015
.......... Harding, Archaeology of Celtic Art (2007)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Spanish .......... [VP]
.......... Navarro, P., Julio, et.al, Siyasa Estudio Arqueológico del despoblado andalusí (ss. XI-XIII), Escuela de estudios Árabes de Granada (CSIC), 2007

 

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