Which of the following is most analogous to the fate that the experimental films, described above, have received as a result of their association with Eisenstein's work?
A.
A lesser-known author is discovered to have influenced a more famous one, and his works are rescued from anonymity.
B.
An experimental artistic tradition falls into decline as a result of its practitioners adopting the idiom of a more popular one.
C.
A popular composer's oeuvre is held up as the epitome of the genre, so that music critics praise his pupil's work without bothering to listen to it.
D.
The interest in an archeological method diminishes over time, largely out of the failure of its inventor to generate new results.
E.
A painter rebels against the advice of her teacher, after critics observe that her own work is indistinguishable from his.