Pasticcio

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A medley; an olio.

    "On our first entrance into the palace, which is a pasticcio of Saracenic, Conventual, and Grecian architecture, I was much taken with the principal front of the inner-court; a piece of as good Morisco work as any I had yet seen."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of pastichio. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
  4. 4
    A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

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adoptionappropriationart workassemblageassortmentassumption

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"On our first entrance into the palace, which is a pasticcio of Saracenic, Conventual, and Grecian architecture, I was much taken with the principal front of the inner-court; a piece of as good Morisco work as any I had yet seen."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

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