The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume III

作者: Stuart R. Kaplan

Volume III details the world of tarot in the 20th century with photographs of cards published, unpublished, and out of print. Artists from all over the world, from Japan to France to Denmark to the US have contributed to the volume. The tarot decks illustrated offer a fascinating array of ideals, artistic quests, political statements, cultures, symbolism ?from Jungian archetypes to esoteric codes, mythology and more. The most popular tarot deck of the 20th century is the Rider-Waite Tarot. Anyone interested in the deck will find their understanding of it enhanced by a knowledge of its background and of the influences that gave rise to its creation. Volume III devotes a chapter to the life of the Rider-Waite artist, Pamela Colman Smith. Cards from more than 400 decks not readily available to the public are illustrated in Volume III. Readily available decks have become more and more numerous in the 20th century. Over 100 books are listed with page numbers referring to the books?descriptions of each major arcana card. The annotated bibliography comprises more than 200 books and articles not found in the bibliographies of volumes I and II. Sources date from the 18th century to the present and deal with all aspects of tarot cards and the history of playing cards as an art form. 728 pp.

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