The Fool's Journey : the History, Art, & Symbolism of the Tarot - Robert M Place

The Fool's Journey: The History, Art, & Symbolism of the Tarot - Robert M. Place

The book is in English.

This book is one of the best sources for understanding the mystical symbolism of the Tarot. The Fool's Journey provides an updated history based on Robert M. Place's acclaimed The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination , which Booklist has called "perhaps the best book on the Tarot ever written."

Featuring full-color illustrations of key works of Tarot art, as well as comparative images from Renaissance art, alchemical texts, ancient Egypt, and esoteric sources, the book presents the Tarot as a 500-year visual conversation between artists, mystics, and occultists.

Contents:

• Visconti-Sforza Tarot cards
• The first printed Italian Tarot deck
• The oldest Tarot de Marseille deck
• The first esoteric reference to Tarot cards
• The first occult Tarot deck
• The first modern Tarot deck
• The first New Age Tarot deck

Additionally, examples of popular modern decks are included, such as the Twilight Tarot, Legacy Tarot, Deviant Moon Tarot, Annotated Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery, and Place's own Alchemical Tarot.

The work is based on Place's 2010 Tarot exhibition at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, and combines historical knowledge, artistic context, and symbolic meaning in an exceptionally comprehensive way.

The Fool's Journey is the perfect choice for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the history, art, and symbolism of Tarot, and explore its significance as part of the Western mystical tradition.