Home/Symbols/Bourgeois Couple (Flâneur and Companion)Bourgeois Couple (Flâneur and Companion) SymbolismEmblems of middle-class modernity, detached observation, and decorous public presence.Common ThemesLoneliness & isolationThe modern lens: urban life & speedMedium reflexivity (art about art)Power & authorityLandscape & placeFashion & adornmentClass & inequalityLabor & workArtworks Featuring This SymbolParis Street; Rainy DayGustave Caillebotte (1877)Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris Street; Rainy Day renders a newly modern Paris where <strong>Haussmann’s geometry</strong> meets the <strong>anonymity of urban life</strong>. Umbrellas punctuate a silvery atmosphere as a <strong>central gas lamp</strong> and knife-sharp façades organize the space into measured planes <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
