pastiche
[pa-steesh, pah-]
- 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.
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Origin of pastiche
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hodgepodgecompilationreproductioncollagepatchworkcollectionimitationassortmentcopypotpourrisynthesispaste-upmishmoshreappropriationExamples from the Web for pastiche
Contemporary Examples
He tentatively suggested that the text is a pastiche compiled by a modern forger with an elementary grasp of Coptic.
Instead, we have irony, allusion, meta commentary, fragmentation, parody, and pastiche.
I do not seek out the redundant, the pastiche, or the formulaic.
Her self-produced videos as Grant—a pastiche of nostalgic Americana imagery—were remarkably similar to that of “Video Games.”
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January 31, 2012
And what brought her to the top of this zeitgeist pyramid were her unrivaled skills in the post-modern art of pastiche.
Historical Examples
It is an interesting study to divide the pastiche from the real.
My Actor-HusbandAnonymous
If it bear the distinct marks of being a Neo-platonic pastiche, we may reject it without hesitation.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1Andrew Lang
Epstein is in every respect superior to the Serbian sculptor, in whose work there can be no question of anything but pastiche.
Pot-BoilersClive Bell
I believe that no more perfect example of pastiche exists in the language.
Flemish LegendsCharles de Coster
This 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 LiteratureMaurice Baring
pastiche
pasticcio (pæˈstɪtʃəʊ)
- a work of art that mixes styles, materials, etc
- a work of art that imitates the style of another artist or period
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Word Origin
C19: French pastiche, Italian pasticcio, literally: piecrust (hence, something blended), from Late Latin pasta paste 1
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Word Origin and History for pastiche
n.
"a medley made up of fragments from different works," 1878, from French pastiche (18c.), from Italian pasticcio "medley, pastry cake," from Vulgar Latin *pasticium "composed of paste," from Late Latin pasta "paste, pastry cake" (see pasta). Borrowed earlier (1752) in the Italian form.
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