Arcani Maggiori di Adolfina
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[edit] Description
This unusual deck is centered on the Italian performance artist Adolfina De Stefani. The wonderful folks at the Museo dei Tarocchi and their creative colleagues seem to be really into performance art, as judged by their inclusion of an acting out of Tarot cards during many of their special events and festivals. The performance artist featured in this deck uses familiar symbols along with her body and facial expressions to evoke the meaning of each card, quite well, in often clever ways that would be instantly recognizable to most Tarotists. The background of each scene is stark white and all focus is on her.
The backs of this deck have an image created by the artist with a dainty signature but are not reversible. The box the deck came in is nicely produced. It is a shiny black, book-style container made from sturdy cardstock that completely encloses and protects the deck. Matching silk ribbons tie it all together beautifully. The inside cover has a deep red rectangle of shiny thick cardstock which looks quite sexy contrasted against the shiny black box. The LWB is in Italian. It appears to be signed by the artist herself, as well as the producers and text writers, Morena Poltronieri and Ernesto Fazioli. Fans of performance art and symbolists may especially be drawn to this unique deck made with a dedicated sense of purpose, combined with the beautifully produced packaging.
[edit] Specs:
- Theme: Tarot cards as inspired by this performance artist
- Number of Cards: 22 Major Arcana + Title Card
- A Limited Edition of 300 Sets, numbered & signed
- A quality printing; semi-gloss cardstock fronts with matte backs, square corners
- Cards have Roman numerals & are titled in Italian
- Card Size (approximately) 4.75 x 2.75 inches, 7 x 12 cm
- Text: LWB (in Italian) by Morena Poltronieri & Ernesto Fazioli
- Packaging: Sturdy book-style box, tied with silk ribbons, nicely produced
- Card Backs: A symbolic design by the artist which is not reversible
[edit] Creator
- Artist: Adolfina De Stefani
[edit] The Creative Process
A brief excerpt from the artist regarding her creative process for this deck (roughly translated from Italian): ..."The creation of my interpretation of the Major Arcana is primarily an existential performance through the immediacy produced by the photographic representation meant to convey a universal and intuitive logic that combines human relations and symbols for the primary intent of individual liberation... I wanted to live with this creation, analyze and translate it to the means of my art making, with a contextual sense of belonging to the twenty-two Major Arcana and in this way represent the tensions, needs, histories, and dimensions of life..."
[edit] Date of Publication
Winter 2009
[edit] Publisher
- Museo dei Tarocchi - from the publishing house, Hermatena [1]
[edit] Publisher's websites
- Arcani Maggiori di Adolfina is available at Museo dei Tarocchi on this page:[2]
- Museo dei Tarocchi Website [3]
- A mini website created by Arnell Ando to showcase the Tarot Museum in Italy:[4]
- Also, most Tarot decks published by Museo dei Tarocchi - Hermatena are listed on Tarotpedia.
[edit] Reviews
- See a description of this deck with more cards here: [5]
- To see the various decks published by Museo dei Tarocchi with details and card samples, go here: [6]
