Renaissance Tarot

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This article relates to the Renaissance Tarot by Brian Williams. For the deck by Giorgio Trevisan, see Tarots of the Renaissance. For the Renaissance Tarot by Jane Lyle, see Secret Tarot (Lyle).

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Contents 1 Description 2 The cards 2.1 Trumps 2.2 Courts and pips 3 Card titles 4 Creator(s) 5 Publishing details 5.1 Date of Publication 5.2 Publisher 6 Deck creation and/or publication process 7 Companion book 8 Creator's comments 9 Creator's website 10 Reviews 11 Online Deck Images - links

[edit] Description

The Renaissance Tarot is a traditional Tarot with an entirely original point of view. The 78 cards recall the timeless images of Italian Renaissance art and draw explicitly on mythological imagery.

[edit] The cards

[edit] Trumps

All the gods and goddesses of Olympus accompany one or another of the Trumps: wild Dionysus (or Bacchus to the Romans) lends his furor and inspiration to the Fool, for example, as sage Hermes (winged-footed Mercury) accompanies the adroit Magician or Bagatto.

[edit] Courts and pips

Four great myth cycles of antiquity inform the numbered cards of Cups, Coins, Staves and Swords: Eros (Cupid) and Psyche for the watery Cups; Persephone (Proserpine) and Hades for the earthy Coins; Herakles (Hercules) for the Staves or Wands; and Achilles and the Trojan War for fractious Swords. Also in the court cards in each suit, the art and architecture of an Italian city is featured: Swords represent warlike Milan, Staves represent artistic Florence, Cups represent Venice, Coins represent Rome.

[edit] Card titles

Card titles are in both English and Italian.

[edit] Creator(s)

• Williams, Brian

[edit] Publishing details

ISBN 0880793074

[edit] Date of Publication

September 1, 1988

[edit] Publisher

U.S. Games

[edit] Deck creation and/or publication process

The twenty-two Trumps were created as detailed hand colored etchings, a medium that encourages rich and elaborate detail.

[edit] Companion book

Williams also completed a detailed book (also titled The Renaissance Tarot) about the deck and the research that went into its creation. This book may also be useful for those who are interested in historical tarot iconography in general, even if they do not own the deck.

[edit] Creator's comments

To be added

[edit] Creator's website

Brian William's website

[edit] Reviews

• Aeclectic Reviews by Bonnie Cehovet & Delia LaForte
• Wicce.com review
• AstroAmerica review
• Building a Tarot Library

[edit] Online Deck Images - links

• Site Name to be added.