The meanings of the Red

Authors

  • Anna Luana Tallarita Utad/Iade/Grupo De Geociancias

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23738/ccsj.i82017.04

Keywords:

Femininity, Red, Symbol, Knowledge

Abstract

Femininity is strongly linked to the symbolism of red as a color tied to fertility and blood that is poured into life for conception and not for death. Symbol to the feminine world, one thinks of the many heroines of Rosamunda’s fairy tales in Snow White, from the Lovely Sleeping to Little Red Riding Hood, all have the red color symbol.The red symbol of the fire of the Holy Spirit also inspiresand infuses knowledge of the Apostles, the color of fire is a symbol of knowledge, think of the myth of Prometheús that brings the fire to the men and the apple of the tree of knowledge in ‘Eden that is red as red is the God of Genesis called: Lord of Fire. Red is linked to war because it is the color that metal takes when it is placed in the furnace, in fact the choice to identify with the name of Mars the red-colored planet is due to iron oxides prevalent on its surface.

Author Biography

  • Anna Luana Tallarita, Utad/Iade/Grupo De Geociancias

    Anna Luana Tallarita Jazz singer, composer, anthropologist and creative artist working in different forms to express a colored complex intercultural reality. Published writing, disks, videos, plasticworks, and worked throughout Europe and South America and lives between Lisbon and Milan. In 1999-2017 (2015 PhD) she studied at the Italy France e Portugal. Member: UTAD-IADE-GEOSCIENCE GROUP.

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2017-05-31

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How to Cite

“The meanings of the Red” (2017) Cultura e Scienza del Colore - Color Culture and Science, 8. doi:10.23738/ccsj.i82017.04.