10 March 2016

pastiche

[pa-steesh, pah-]

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.

Origin of pastiche

French, Italian
1700-1710; < French < Italian pasticcio pasticcio

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Examples 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.
The ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is Still as Big a Mystery as Ever
Candida Moss
April 12, 2014

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 25, 2013

Her self-produced videos as Grant—a pastiche of nostalgic Americana imagery—were remarkably similar to that of “Video Games.”
Lana Del Rey’s Hipster Problem: Plastic Surgery, ‘SNL,’ and Her Past as Lizzy Grant
Tricia Romano
January 30, 2012

And what brought her to the top of this zeitgeist pyramid were her unrivaled skills in the post-modern art of pastiche.
Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Plagiarism Sin
Richard Rushfield
February 18, 2011

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