Pastiche vs Motif - What's the difference?
pastiche | motif |
A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.
A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
(uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
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A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
(music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work
A decorative figure that is repeated in a design
(crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
(biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
As a verb pastiche
is .As a noun motif is
a recurring or dominant element; a theme.pastiche
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(en noun)- See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?
