decadence

Also known as decline, decay

thumb|An orgy in Imperial Rome, by Henryk Siemiradzki thumb|Romans during the Decadence, by [[Thomas Couture]]

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History
Ancient Rome
Victorian-era artwork on Roman decadence
Decadent movement
1920s Berlin
Decadent nihilistic art
Decadent aesthetics
Controversy
Women in decadence
Social change
Modern-day perspectives
Postmodernist connection to decadence
Jacques Barzun
Pria Viswalingam
Use in Marxism
Leninism
Left communism
See also
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|An orgy in Imperial Rome, by Henryk Siemiradzki thumb|Romans during the Decadence, by [[Thomas Couture]]

Decadence was a late-19th-century movement emphasizing the need for sensationalism, egocentricity, and bizarre, artificial, perverse, and exotic sensations and experiences. By extension, it may refer to a decline in art, literature, science, technology, and work ethics, or (very loosely) to self-indulgent behavior.