Word Finder - pastiche

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A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.

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A musical medley, typically quoting other works.

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An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.

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The house failed to attract a buyer because the decor was a pastiche of Bohemian and Scandinavian styles.

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A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.

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To create or compose in a mixture of styles.

Though in many respects a Chaucerian pastiche, it not rarely equals its model in verbal and metrical felicity.

This song is a loving pastiche of a rockabilly song.

Fortunately for wine lovers, Joseph Phelps also offers many extremely affordable high quality wines, including the Pastiche series.

Sherlock's Excellent Adventure by James Barry is a hilarious pastiche of Conan Doyle (for a cast of four ).

The Pastiche Family Portal has several cute holiday themed sticker designs for you to enjoy.

Seconds ago, we were performing a pastiche of a 1960's puppet show and now, suddenly, we're here.

Don't let the humor fool you, since the act rises far beyond mere pastiche.

On one level, Joseph O'Connor's novel is a clever Victorian pastiche.

This is exactly the sort of brilliant pastiche that fits very well into pantomime.

It's a multilayered story, rich in cultural allusion and historical pastiche.

With horror pastiche the flavor of the moment, Nispel and Kosar pay tribute to Tobe Hooper's low budget 1974 original.

Musically speaking it's a 20's/30's musical comedy pastiche.

A short novel, written as an eighteenth century pastiche.

The Pastiche Family Portal is an extensive collection of printable craft projects for kids, including greeting cards, posters, calendars, masks, stickers, bookmarks, and scrapbook pages.

In December 2005 Polly announced at a gig in Paris that it would be the last show she ever performed, though this may have been a pastiche of a similar comment David Bowie made in 1973 at London Hammersmith Odeon.

They included his version of Christ's Kirk (u.s.) and a remarkable pastiche by the editor entitled the Vision.

A more illuminating image might be that of a band in 1986 producing a perfect psychedelic pastiche.

The show is lacking wit, originality or any sparkle and has, too fast, became a pastiche of itself with effortless ease.

Skill is needed to achieve the appropriate balance to avoid creating an unacceptable pastiche.

Come to that, why does pastiche have a bad name?

At the former, the revival of Sandy Wilsonâs musical pastiche The Boy Friend was a summery sell-out.

It appears that the winery no longer makes either the Pastiche red or the Pastiche white wines.