pastiche
Borrowed artistic voice
A pastiche is a work of art, literature, or music that imitates the style of another artist or period.
Unlike parody, which mocks its source, pastiche is usually affectionate or neutral—a tribute rather than a joke: The film is a pastiche of 1940s noir.
The word can also describe a hodgepodge of borrowed elements: The building was an architectural pastiche.
Assembled sequence of images
- assemblageCollected group of things
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- bricolageConstruction from available materials
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
medley · potpourri · amalgam · melange · composite · hodgepodge · mixture · blend
Satirical imitation
- homageExpression of deep respect
- tributeOffering of respect
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
simulation · facsimile · reproduction · knockoff · spoof · takeoff · derivative · echo
Freeform lively composition
- mashupCombined creative fusion
- remixAltered version of recording
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- collage artAssembled mixed-media composition
found art · mixed media · intertextuality · metafiction · postmodern · kitsch · camp
montage
Assembled sequence of images
- assemblageCollected group of things
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- bricolageConstruction from available materials
patchwork · medley · potpourri · amalgam · melange · composite · hodgepodge · mixture · blend · fusion
parody
Satirical imitation
replica · simulation · facsimile · reproduction · knockoff · spoof · takeoff · derivative · echo · appropriation
capriccio
Freeform lively composition
collage art · found art · mixed media · intertextuality · metafiction · postmodern · kitsch · camp
genre
Category of creative work
idiom · vernacular · palette · technique · mode · register · voice · period · convention · trope
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, satire, parody
- film termsfilm, auteur, genre, celluloid, mise-en-scene
- influencesparents, mentors, teachers, friends, peers
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- Parodiesspoof, Spaceballs, Naked Gun, Scary Movie, take-off
- art termspainting, sculpture, drawing, portrait, landscape
pasticheoriginal
First or inventive
innovation · invention · novelty · trailblazing · sui generis