Top Decadent Quotes
Like symbolism, decadence puts forth the idea that the function of literature is to evoke impressions and 'correspondences', rather than to realistically depict the world. ... the decadent aestheticiz...
Asti Hustvedt
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art, bourgeois, decadence, decadent, deviant, literature decay, marginal, perversity, sickness, subversive
In this image (watching sensual murder through a peephole) Lorrain embodies the criminal delight of decadent art. The watcher who records the crimes (both the artist and consumer of art) is constructe...
Jennifer Birkett
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artists, consumer, decadence, decadent, diginty, disempowerment, masochism, murder, self disgust, voyeurism
Decadent Definition
(a.) Decaying; deteriorating.