 Even after this, there was sufficient common ground of interest, method, and language to blur the lines more than the manifesto might have suggested.In the world of visual arts, it can be even more difficult to distinguish decadence from symbolism.In fact, Stephen Romer has referred to Félicien Rops, Gustave Moreau, and Fernand Khnopff as "Symbolist-Decadent painters and engravers."