If we are playing a game of semantics, it could not be dead it was never alive to be alive one has to meet the definition of living and a artistic period certai

If we are playing a game of semantics, it could not be dead it was never alive to be alive one has to meet the definition of living and a artistic period certainly would not fit said criteria. That being said, I would assume dead was a reference to out of fashion and sure it is out of fashion, but there are still people that enjoy it as an art. 70's Disco is out of fashion but there are still people making 70's disco music. So it is indeed not dead, it is just not popular.