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But the high point [of pomposity] might be ELO--the Electric Light Orchestra.
(The conventional wisdom on the 18 th -century painter: He was said to be "a decadent ally of aristocratic taste"--Solomon; "an advocate of pomposity, cynicism, and costume drama"--Francis Haskell, New York Review of Books .) Hughes sees new levels of wit in Tiepolo's paintings: "[T]he distanced, self-aware theatrics of his style--his parade of visual language as a source of delight--make him look modern."
Unsurprisingly, Irony Inc. (a k a the New York Observer ) shreds the book, calling the chapter on the dangers of genetic engineering "a warning so bloated with bombast that one begins to wish that the gene for pomposity could be extirpated for the sake of future generations.
Pomposity of expression is no substitute for clarity of meaning.
The monument celebrates the first king of unified Italy as well as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with inimitable 19th-century pomposity.