Pastiche vs Patchwork - What's the difference?
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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.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 13, author=Natalie Angier, title=A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family, work=New York Times
, passage=That the genetic code of the platypus proved to be as bizarrely pastiched as its anatomy enhanced the popular appeal of the report, published in the journal Nature. }}
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one, whole piece.
* Bill took all of his poetry and put it together in a folder. It made up a patchwork of his life.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together
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As nouns the difference between pastiche and patchwork
is that pastiche is a work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist while patchwork is a work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.As verbs the difference between pastiche and patchwork
is that pastiche is to create or compose in a mixture of styles while patchwork is to create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.pastiche
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