His earlier building designs were pastiches based on classical forms. With this work she goes beyond pastiche. The research paper was essentially a pastiche made up of passages from different sources. The house is decorated in a pastiche of Asian styles.

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The city’s most famous landmarks are a wacky pastiche of an oriental palace, a glitzy pier and a vast pebble beach backed by flamboyant Regency squares and terraces. Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, "Why Tree-Killing Epidemics Are on the Rise," 28 Sep. 2020

In his July presentation, Duany showed prototypes in a variety of commercially mainstream styles: from the smooth stucco and curved gables of the Cape Dutch style, to a Southern Greek Revival pastiche built using white siding. David Walter, Washington Post, "As floods, fires and extreme temperatures worsen, these designers are making the case for resilient building," 14 Sep. 2020

Matheson and Solomon were the original Bill and Ted, and the floral elocution the inventors imagined for their characters was a pastiche of Peter Sellars, Damon Runyon, and the sunny SoCal drawl of San Dimas, where high-school football ruled. Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, "Bill and Ted Meet Their Destiny," 28 Aug. 2020

The styling team deftly integrated cues from the brand's lower and sleeker sports cars without making the DBX look like a pastiche. Mike Duff, Car and Driver, "2021 Aston Martin DBX Shines When Driven Hard," 9 Aug. 2020

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress Samantha Robinson plays the titular character, a potion-making seductress whose attempt to find her Prince Charming has disastrous consequences, in this singular and highly stylized pastiche of '60s movies. Clark Collis, EW.com, "The 10 best witch movies," 1 May 2020

The earliest of the works date from the early sixties, when Saul, who’s from San Francisco, was a bohemian-dreaming expatriate in Paris: blowsy pastiches of Abstract Expressionist brushwork and proto-Pop imagery. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "The In-Your-Face Paintings of Peter Saul," 10 Feb. 2020

The series brought new narrative complexity and psychological — and especially psychosexual — richness to a pastiche of familiar characters, from Frankenstein's monster to Dr. Jekyll to myriad interconnected vampires, werewolves and witches. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Penny Dreadful: City of Angels': TV Review," 24 Apr. 2020

With former Bentley design chief Luc Donckerwolke in charge of styling at Genesis (and, indeed, the whole Hyundai group), the G90 is no cautious, vaguely handsome pastiche of Euro styling cues. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, "Tested: 2020 Genesis G90 Would Like Your Attention," 30 Mar. 2020

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