pastiche
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc., taken from different sources; hodgepodge.
Origin of pastiche
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How to use pastiche in a sentence
Best of all are original songs that range from the devilishly catchy “Famous 5eva” to note-perfect Simon & Garfunkel pastiche “New York Lonely Boy.”
He correctly identified it as “a Victorian pastiche” worth just a few thousand dollars.
Charles Hill, who tracked down stolen masterpieces like ‘The Scream,’ dies at 73 | Harrison Smith | March 12, 2021 | Washington PostEach new chapter pushes the pastiche forward roughly a decade in television history, and you feel that momentum.
WandaVision Deserves the Hype. But It Penalizes Casual Marvel Viewers With Confusion | Judy Berman | January 14, 2021 | TimeHe tentatively suggested that the text is a pastiche compiled by a modern forger with an elementary grasp of Coptic.
The ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is Still as Big a Mystery as Ever | Candida Moss | April 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then he sort of collapsed it into a rise of fascism, and SS pastiche groups.
The Cast of ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Says Wes Anderson Is a Genius Hardass | Nico Hines | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Instead, we have irony, allusion, meta commentary, fragmentation, parody, and pastiche.
Not Much New in Douglas Rushkoff’s Reading of the Future | Jacob Silverman | March 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI do not seek out the redundant, the pastiche, or the formulaic.
Leave John Banville Alone! Why Chandler’s Marlowe Should Live On | Ace Atkins | September 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe clothes, however, were a chaotic pastiche of fur and glitter assembled in inelegant ways.
Paris Fall Fashion Week Ends With Vuitton and Kanye | Robin Givhan | March 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf it bear the distinct marks of being a Neo-platonic pastiche, we may reject it without hesitation.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew LangTo restore it is to annihilate the work of centuries, to recompose an ordinary pastiche with no clat.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyThey have rarely succeeded in getting very close to them without mere archaic pastiche.
A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) | George SaintsburyIt is an interesting study to divide the pastiche from the real.
My Actor-Husband | AnonymousThis poem is written as a folk-story, in the style of the Byliny, and it in no way resembles a pastiche.
An Outline of Russian Literature | Maurice Baring
British Dictionary definitions for pastiche
pasticcio (pæˈstɪtʃəʊ)
/ (pæˈstiːʃ) /
a work of art that mixes styles, materials, etc
a work of art that imitates the style of another artist or period
Origin of pastiche
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