Definition of Pasticheur

1. Noun. One who mimics the literary or artistic style of another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pasticheur

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasticheur

pasteurization
pasteurizations
pasteurize
pasteurized
pasteurized milk
pasteurizer
pasteurizers
pasteurizes
pasteurizing
pasticci
pasticcio
pasticcios
pastiche
pastiched
pastiches
pasticheur (current term)
pasticheurs
pastiching
pastichio
pastichios
pastie
pastier
pastiera
pastieras
pasties
pastiest
pastil
pastilla
pastillas
pastillation

Literary usage of Pasticheur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ivory, Apes and Peacocks: Joseph Conrad, Walt Whitman, Jules Laforgue by James Huneker (1915)
"Whether you agree with Huysmans and call this mural painter a pasticheur of the Italian Primitives, or else the greatest artist in decoration since Paolo ..."

2. Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker (1910)
"To this day opinion is divided as to his merits, he being called a pasticheur or else a great painter-poet. Huysmans saw straight into the heart of the ..."

3. Cubists and Post-impressionism by Arthur Jerome Eddy (1914)
"... in default of any overpowering imaginative purpose, to become a brilliant pasticheur. But it seemed to me there was evidence of passionate conviction; ..."

4. Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry by Estelle Haan (2005)
"... and its deficiencies are such that even as a pasticheur of Michelangelo Fuller appears singularly inept.61 As noted above, such criticism is perhaps ..."

5. Japanese Art by Sadakichi Hartmann (1903)
"Gonse calls him "le plus etonnant pasticheur." He neglected form somewhat in favour of colour schemes. He was a perfect technician, and equally successful ..."

6. Since Cezanne by Clive Bell (1922)
"At home we have Epstein and Dobson ; both have been through the stern school of abstract construction, and Epstein has emerged the most brilliant pasticheur ..."

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