Parasol Symbolism
In painting, the parasol mediates sunlight and signals stylish leisure in the open air. In seasonal imagery, it can mark spring’s bright weather and a sense of renewal, aligning fashion with nature’s return.
Parasol in Jeanne (Spring)
Édouard Manet’s Jeanne (Spring) (1881) makes the parasol a seasonal emblem and a marker of modernity. The sitter’s crisp profile beneath a cream parasol, set against luminous, leafy greens, ties the accessory to spring light and growth. By fusing a time-honored allegory with Parisian couture—hat, glove, parasol—Manet turns the object into the language of renewal and youth, keeping the idea of spring both perennial and up-to-the-minute.
