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(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."
Almost as painful to my sensibility as the pomposity of Derrida-quoting Whitney Program graduates is the smarmy, too-clever-by-half wit of the YBAs.
That's where the pomposity comes in.
Winning Entry, Rock Pomposity Sweepstakes:
But some would say that, spurred by their own vanity and their clients' impressionability, they would have reached the pinnacles of pomposity without having to resort to these ancient rites.