What are the motifs in The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie?

Art permeates the novel. Aurora's evolving styles and themes, society's finicky reactions to it and emotional ups and downs these inspire in her. Aurora, witness to social consciousness. Miranda, a decorator of a children's nursery; Miranda, a fabulously-successful commercial hack. Fielding, a cynical cartoonist; Fielding, a defender of society against offending rubbish. Art collected; art stolen; art consumed by fire; art used to reveal terrible secrets; art allows a son to reconnect with his lost mother; classical art; modern sculpture; whimsical cartoon character art; Bolywood, cinematic art. Art permeates and enriches this novel.