Tarot Imagery

タロットの図像 / 15th century– / Style / Games and Play

From the Visconti gold grounds through Marseille woodcuts to the Waite-Smith narrative scenes: allegory systematized into 78 cards. Its openness to rereading keeps drawing designers in.

Major Arcana allegories / Standardized figures and attributes / Frame, number and title / Signs open to rereading

Tarot Imagery — ヴィスコンティ・スフォルツァ版タロット 15世紀Tarot Imagery — 同『力』Tarot Imagery — コンヴェル版マルセイユ・タロット 1760（CC0）
コンヴェル版マルセイユ・タロット 1760（CC0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
the Visconti-Sforza deck / the Marseille woodcut lineage / Pamela Colman Smith's designs

Related entries

Back to index position