pastiche

Examples

• All

• The film is a pastiche of classic horror movies, filled with references and styles from the genre.

• The new art exhibit features a pastiche of famous painters, showcasing their unique styles side by side.

• All things considered, we seem to be dealing here with a pastiche of Michelangelo.

  Academic text (1999)

• An experience where all the different program elements and styles form a mesmerizing emotional pastiche for the viewer.

  Traceroute (2016)

• More interesting is her treatment of the pastiche of such stereotypes in popular manifestations in Latin America.

  Academic text (1996)

• It's a pastiche of Nicholas Roeg's Don't Look Now.

  In Bruges (2008)

• But they are, in fact, sophisticated pastiches and are thus contrived and synthetic.

  Academic text (1990)

• Perhaps no contemporary writer has been more liberal in building a pastiche from borrowed characters than Kathy Acker.

  Academic text (1995)

• As a consequence, the Pastorale is a pastiche of advice pertaining to every area of the pastoral office.

  Academic text (2004)

• From a linear view of personal history, we move to multiple histories, a pastiche of parallel selves evolving on separate courses.

  Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

M

medley

vspastiche

27 4.6

A piece of music made from several songs played together

can instead imitate or echo other styles as a tribute, not only join songs

P

pasticcio

vspastiche

• Literature

9.9

A work that mixes pieces from other works and styles

is more often an imitation that honours earlier styles rather than just combining parts

C

crossover of genres

vspastiche

5.8

A work that mixes elements of two or more genres

leans more toward deliberate imitation or tribute to earlier styles

P

potpourri

vspastiche

7.7

A musical piece made from short parts of different songs played one after another

tends to aim at stylistic imitation or homage rather than mere sequencing

Antonyms

A

authenticity

71 4.8

A quality that shows something is real and believable to people

O

originality

30 4.5

A quality of being new and different in ideas and not copied from others

How Imitative

copyism

• Jargon

8.7

imitation

34 3.5

pastiche

• Literature

6 8.6

to homage

7.5

Surface Forms

Etymology