Home/Symbols/RowboatRowboat SymbolismA threshold/liminal space—public yet intimate—enabling female companionship within the city’s recreation.Common ThemesThe modern lens: urban life & speedMimesis vs. abstraction (truth vs. artifice)Everyday life as art (the ordinary)Leisure & recreationLandscape & placeGender & sexualityFashion & adornmentArtworks Featuring This SymbolSummer's DayBerthe Morisot (about 1879)Two women drift on a boat in the Bois de Boulogne, their dresses, hats, and a bright blue parasol fused with the lake’s flicker by Morisot’s swift, <strong>zig‑zag brushwork</strong>. The scene turns a brief outing into a poised study of <strong>modern leisure</strong> and <strong>female companionship</strong> in public space <sup>[1]</sup>.
