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pastiche::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | medley, potpourri |
| Type of | composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music |
pastiche::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | work of art |
Examples of pastiche
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But the sense of retro pastiche conjured by that opening never quite dissipated.
From the independent.co.uk
Michael Kurland has turned the Sherlock Holmes pastiche into a cottage industry.
From the boston.com
It is a pathetic, shabby, amateurish and pretentious pastiche of genuine cinema.
From the guardian.co.uk
It is a very enjoyable pastiche and Hill owes a great debt of thanks to MR James.
From the guardian.co.uk
The King's Indian, the title story, is a much longer and more complex pastiche.
From the time.com
It is unusual for an architect to be so at ease with both modernity and pastiche.
From the guardian.co.uk
Londoners and their guests need a pastiche of Arcadia in the heart of the capital.
From the independent.co.uk
All the balance of the Concept 1 had gone and what was left was a clumsy pastiche.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The works at Hoxton Square are less pastiche-like, and more competent-looking.
From the bloomberg.com
- Medley: a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
- A work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
- A pastiche is a literary or other artistic genre that is a "" or an imitation. The word is also a linguistic term used to describe an early stage in the development of a pidgin language.
- A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist; A musical medley, typically quoting other works; An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge; A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new ...
- A work of art made in admitted imitation of several style of other works. A composition of incongruous parts; a hodgepodge or pasticcio. Often a pastiche is made in order to ridicule the style of the artist it imitates.
- An art work combining materials from various sources.
- A combination of styles in which the component parts are left whole, such as a medley
- Work patched together from excerpts of other writers, or from passages clearly recognizable as imitating others.
- A tribute, a form of entertainment, or a parody, a pastiche is a patchwork of bits and pieces in imitation of the work of a writer.
