 Cernat concedes that the Péladan visit was important for promoting new cultural trends, specifically the notions of art for art's sake and decadence, even though this was done "through the means "of politics" [italics in the original]".Cultural historian Angelo Mitchievici proposes that, modelling himself on Péladan, Bogdan-Pitești was becoming the "" of oriental Symbolism.As "Ion Doican" (or "Duican"), he contributed to "Ileana" essays praising various contemporary painters