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Where is disco, surely as reliable an indicator of musical decadence as the Sex Pistols?
Condemning the preoccupation with pagan gods and worldly decadence, the Church urged artists to deliver a strong, clear message to bring the troubled flock back to the fold.
Ever since its early maritime days and through the 1950s — when gangsters who ran prostitution and gambling rackets made Havana synonymous with decadence — it has always held a slightly seedy, languorous allure.
Besides the works of the 14th-century masters Duccio, Pietro, and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, as well as Simone Martini, see Siena’s 16th-century Mannerists, painting at a time when the Renaissance teetered on the brink of effete decadence: Beccafumi’s dreamy Birth of Mary and a highly decorative Christ at the Column by Sodoma.
In the former case, incest was a symptom of decadence, in the latter it's just rural isolation and the lack of dating opportunities.