period piece
noun
: a work (as of literature, art, furniture, cinema, or music) whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period
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The series, for example, is a period piece around the Austrian monarchy with humor.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
The period piece opens on its protagonist, László Tóth, a Jewish Hungarian architect immigrating to America in the 1940s, who emerges from the bowels of a ship on the Hudson River with nothing but dread.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
The film is a period piece — dated not so much for its sartorial styles as for its by-your-bootstraps analysis of Black culture, which has long since been revised in the light of critical race theory.
—J. Hoberman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Feige, 51, provided a bit more information in The Official Marvel Podcast, saying that the movie will be a period piece set in New York City, and possibly in a different universe.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
The period piece opens on its protagonist, László Tóth, a Jewish Hungarian architect immigrating to America in the 1940s, who emerges from the bowels of a ship on the Hudson River with nothing but dread.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
The film is a period piece — dated not so much for its sartorial styles as for its by-your-bootstraps analysis of Black culture, which has long since been revised in the light of critical race theory.
—J. Hoberman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Feige, 51, provided a bit more information in The Official Marvel Podcast, saying that the movie will be a period piece set in New York City, and possibly in a different universe.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for period piece
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“Period piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/period%20piece. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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