 Like Eugen Lovinescu and other "Sburătorul" faction representatives, Aderca paid homage to an era of art for art's sake, an art that, as he put it, "must remain nude".In doing so, Aderca took some inspiration from the 19th century literary club "Junimea".According to Crohmălniceanu, Lovinescu and Aderca both maintained a "cult" of Maiorescu, whom "Mic tratat de estetică" depicted as more of an anti-establishment character more than the conservative politico of other accounts.