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"Actually, self-important pomposity is out right now.
(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."
At the same time, punk arose in reaction to art-rock pomposity and singer/songwriter narcissism, and reintroduced political content, derived from both '60s rock and Jamaican-born reggae . By the end of the decade, punk and disco were tentatively crossbreeding.
Pomposity of expression is no substitute for clarity of meaning.
But pomposity is a perfectly legitimate cultural style.