Scarlet bonnet with fruit Symbolism

Passion and visual focus; a flare of modern fashion that magnetizes attention and signals flirtatious energy

Common Themes

The modern lens: urban life & speed Mortality & transience (memento mori)Leisure & recreation Gender & sexuality Fashion & adornment Class & inequality

Artworks Featuring This Symbol

Dance at Bougival

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883)

In Dance at Bougival, Pierre-Auguste Renoir turns a crowded suburban dance into a private vortex of intimacy. Rose against ultramarine, skin against shade, and a flare of the woman’s scarlet bonnet concentrate the scene’s energy into a single turning moment—modern leisure made palpable as touch, motion, and light [1][2].