Foreign imports, on the other hand, remained in steep artistic decline, with only a few films of notable skill or stature.

Numan later claimed that Warriors pointed the way for his artistic decline throughout the 80s:

Hardline formalists worry that this confusion of media spells unchecked artistic decline.

Now it came preceded by rumors of artistic decline and a wholesale turnover in personnel.

Today, critics remain divided over the film: some see it as an example of Kurosawa's alleged artistic decline, while others count it among his finest works.

Some scholars see it as a sign of artistic decline.

The initial reception of the work had considered it "a melodramatic, rather Victorian novel, representing Conrad's artistic decline."

The band's artistic decline would seem much more tragic if it weren't for Brian Wilson.

Significantly, the move toward national unity in the 19th century coincided with a dramatic artistic decline from which the country is only now recovering.

After the war, Italian film was widely recognised and exported until an artistic decline around the 1980s.