Task: Analyze the valence intensity exhibited in the sentence, assigning a score on a continuum from 0 (extremely negative) to 1 (extremely positive), capturing the emotional context conveyed.
Sentence: There 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity .
Intensity score: 