Cobalt Wallpaper Florets Symbolism

Flat decorative marks that echo cool tones while resisting depth, keeping the surface active and compressing space.

Common Themes

Mimesis vs. abstraction (truth vs. artifice)Everyday life as art (the ordinary)Medium reflexivity (art about art)Marriage & domesticityGender & sexualityFashion & adornment

Artworks Featuring This Symbol

Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair by Paul Cézanne

Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair

Paul Cézanne (about 1877)

Paul Cézanne’s Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair (about 1877) turns a domestic sit into a study of <strong>color-built structure</strong> and <strong>compressed space</strong>. Cool blue-greens of dress and skin lock against the saturated <strong>crimson armchair</strong>, converting likeness into an inquiry about how painting makes stability visible <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[3]</sup>.