“For example: ala the Da Vinci Code, a women with long red hair, a small alabaster jar, some sort of tower in the background, or dressed in green and gold garments - and/or some form of an X (like lacing on the gown) - signified Mary Magdalene - who was still falsely portrayed as a whore by kings and popes - for power/political purposes”
You do realize that the Da Vinci Code was fiction and isn’t actually historically accurate, right?
I also know that I am an artist and published writer - and what I wrote about codes in regards to Mary M...were not in Brown's “da Vinci Code” - but from historical records...a subject I was well aware of before Dan Brown was born.
I just gave one of my granddaughters a tome on the subject for getting her AA degree - she will be majoring in art with the goal of becoming an art historian - starting college as a junior. (She graduated high school 4 days after getting her 2-yr college degree. She's 18)
The secret codes used by the Renaissance painters are still pretty much ‘hidden’ - but for different reasons and by different parties.
Should you ever want to learn about what you opine about, this book is a good start: “The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art.”
But thanks for the concern ;o)