pastiche

American  

[pa-steesh, pah-] / pæˈstiʃ, pɑ- /

noun

1. a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.

2. an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc., taken from different sources; hodgepodge.

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pastiche British  

/ pæˈstɪtʃəʊ, pæˈstiːʃ /

noun

1. a work of art that mixes styles, materials, etc

2. a work of art that imitates the style of another artist or period

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Etymology

Origin of pastiche

1700–10; < French < Italian pasticcio pasticcio

Example Sentences

Both foes imagine a self-consciously cinematic scene, something audiences themselves assumed Tarantino would then deliver with gusto exactly as they described — isn’t that the hipster pastiche he’s after?

From Los Angeles Times

Even in those cases, the AI content is basically a pastiche of human creation.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Tarantino wouldn’t be the filmmaker he is if his work were mere pastiche; the scene showcases his own mastery of heightening drama.

From The Wall Street Journal

As Ganz archly observed, “the word for the politics that makes a pastiche of past glories to create a new type of regime is ‘fascism.'”

From Salon

The songs were still comedic — “Everything I write winds up a little warped,” he says — but were original tunes that were pastiches of, say, Frank Zappa or They Might Be Giants’ style.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• collage
• compilation
• hodgepodge
• reproduction