About this item
- The LiteraTarot Europa is one of the group of collaborative decks with a literature theme from the Museo dei Tarocchi.
- This one is by European - mainly Italian - artists, and is a limited edition, majors-only deck.
Specifications
Name
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LiteraTarot Europa
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Creators
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Assorted
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Publisher
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Museo dei Tarocchi 2009
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Deck Type
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Tarot Deck
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Cards
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22
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Major Arcana
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22
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Deck Tradition
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Italian
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Minor Arcana Style
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None
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Card Language
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Italian
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Reviews
The artists, and the literary works that they based their cards on, are as follows:
* Note: The cover art was done by Jessica Angiulli and Lucio Mondini.
0 – Matto (Fool): Maria Grazia Martina
– Rosso Malpelo by Giovanni Verga
I – Bagatto
(Magician): Tiziana Bertacci – L’immortale di Borges (The
Immortal, by Luis Borges)
II – Papessa (High Priestess):
Emma Campo – Teodora di Paolo Cesaretti (Teodora – the
Rise of an Empress, by Paul Cesaretti)
III –
Imperatrice (Empress): Morena Poltronieri – Diario di Etty
Illesum (Diary of Etty Illesum, a writer from the
Netherlands who died in Auschwitz, November 1943)
IV –
Imperatore (Emperor): Angela Maltoni – Cuore di tenebra di
Conrad (Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad)
V – Papa
(Hierophant): Pasquale Barile – Elogio alla Follia de Erasmo da
Rotterdam (Praise to Madness, by Erasmo of Rotterdam)
VI –
Amanti (Lovers): Ernesto Fazioli – Cime Tempestose di
Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)
VII –
Carro (Chariot): K. Frank Jensen – On the Road di Jack
Kerouac (On The Road, by Jack Kerouac)
VIII – Giustizia
(Justice): Gabriele Caroli – S.C.U.M. di Valerie Solanas
(S.C.U.M. Manifesto, by Valerie Solanus)
VIIII – Ermeta
(Hermit): Andrea Franzoni – Rivolta contro il mondo moderno
di Julius Evola (Revolt Against The Modern World, by
Julius Evola)
X – Ruota di Fortuna (Wheel of Fortune):
Paolo Mattioli – Edipo Re di Sofocle (Edipo King of
Sofocle, by Paolo Mattioli)
XI – Forza (Strength): Martino
Barbeiri – Shitao di Francois Cheng (Shitao – The Taste of
the World, a book of art by Francois Cheng)
XII –
Appeso (Hanged One): Giovanni Pelosini – Pinocchio, by
Carlo Collodi
XIII – Morte (Death): Monia Perulli – Il
Corvo di Edgar Allen Poe (The Raven, by Edgar Allen
Poe)
XIV – Temperanza (Temperance): Adua Castellucci –
Catalogo di Victor Brauner (Catalog by Victor Brauner)
XV –
Diavolo (Devil): Maria Distefano – Moby Dick di Melville
(Moby Dick, by Herman Melville)
XVI – Torre (Tower):
Giuliana Cusino – Molto forte, incrediblimente vicino di
Jonathon Safran Foer (Very Strong, Incredible Close, by
Jonathon S. Foer)
XVII – Stelle (Stars): Octavia Monaco –
Lo specchio e l’ombra di Giuseppe Barbieri (The
Mirror and the Shadow, by Giuseppi Babierri)
XVIII – Luna
(Moon): Rita Frazzoni – Favole italiane di Italo Calvino
(Italian Fairy Tales, by Italo Calvino)
XIX – Sole (Sun):
Silvia Tagliaferri – Sotto il sole giaguaro di Italo
Calvino (Under the Jaguar Sun, by Italo Calvino)
XX –
Giudizio (Judgement): Giovanni Monti – Il deserto dei
Tartari di Buzzati (The Tartar Steppe, by Dino
Buzzati)
XXI – Mondo (World): Ornella Lamberti – L’amore ai
tempi del colera di Marquez (Love in the Time of
Cholera, by Gabriel Marquez)
The cards are approximately 2 5/8” by 4 µ”. The backs of the cards carry a ¥” white border. Surrounding the red and yellow (reversible) design that the Museo uses with some of their decks. The card faces show the card name, number, and book (in either Italian or English). The art styles used in this deck include paintings, pen and ink drawings, photography, collage or mosaic. The original artworks for this deck can be found in the Museo de Tarocchi in Riola, Italy.
My favorite card from this deck is Matto (The Fool), which is a colorful collage of postage stamps. L’immortale (The Magician) is a stunning card that shows you something new each time you look at it. I loved the colors in Papessa (The High Priestess) – done largely in orange and yellow, showing the face of a female with her eyes closed. Carro (The Chariot) goes modern, showing two individuals in a car, with a male figure standing in front of it, looking out at the reader. Ruota di Fortuna (The Wheel of Fortune) shows a male and female figure seated on top of the wheel, with a lovely Gekko-like figure hanging on to the wheel and watching them. I found Morte (Death) to be interesting in that it included two Rune graphics: a large graphic of what appears to be a piece of stone, and a much smaller graphic on the wrist of the individual holding the stone.
This deck will appeal to those interested in art, to deck collectors, and to those interested in Majors’s only decks. While each card has been done by a different artist, it is still a deck that can be used for reading. I do hope that the curators of the Museo de Tarocchi continue this tradition of producing decks on a yearly basis. It gives artists a chance to be known, and the Tarot public a chance to view (and work with!) some very creative decks.
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