noun · countable / uncountable · rare

pastiche

pastiche · pastiches

стилизация, пастиш, имитация, попурри

Pastiche, Potpourri

A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a…A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.

/pæˈstiːʃ/

» Only an ardent fan could create such a faithful pastiche of the artist's works.

Только ярый поклонник мог создать столь реалистичную стилизацию работ этого художника.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.
Pastiche
стилиза́цияstilizácija, пасти́шpastíš, имита́цияimitácija
a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
(countable, uncountable)A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
Potpourri
попурри́popurrí
a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
(countable, uncountable)An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
This supposed research paper is a pastiche of passages from unrelated sources.
The house failed to attract a buyer because the decor was a pastiche of Bohemian and Scandinavian styles.
мешани́наmešanína, смесьsmesʹ
(uncountable)A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.

Examples

1 sentences

Only an ardent fan could create such a faithful pastiche of the artist's works.
ruТолько ярый поклонник мог создать столь реалистичную стилизацию работ этого художника. — odexed
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

work that imitates the work of a previous artist:

musical medley:

incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

work that imitates the work of a previous artist:

musical medley:

Origin

Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin

Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pasticcio.

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