I Tarocchi Appropriati
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TAROCCHI APPROPRIATI
This unusual collaborative project harkens back to a time in Tarot history when nobility would enjoy playing clever parlor games with the cards. The accompanying 96-page booklet gives a brief overview of the historical context from which the hosts of Tarocchi Appropriati (Morena Poltronieri & Ernesto Fazioli) were inspired to pay homage to such ancient Tarot word games. Written documentation still in existence from 1668 – 1725 Bologna shares how these challenging games were performed in playful (often catty) competition amongst friends. As Morena Poltronieri explains:
The “Appropriate Tarots” were presented in Bologna (Italy) and Lodovico Frati, in a manuscript of 1668, wrote about this particular system of reading. ‘The Trumps of Appropriate tarocchini’, were composed of two different parts: the first part listing the correspondence between the Trumps and the ladies of the past, and the second supplies in prose an explanation of the proposed correspondence. From this ancient system of reading was born the project “Appropriate Tarot.” Like in the past, the 22 Major Arcana inspire poetry – one poem for each card.
We are invited, along with this select group of artists to revisit an ancient era in Bologna, when a group of refined ladies would gather together to play parlor games (often ‘tongue’ in cheek’) with hand-painted Tarocchi cards, in order to test wits and lyrical skills with insight or parody on public figures & social commentary, as relating to each Trump card.
The 22 Major Arcana cards created for this deck by the various international artists are presented in B&W in the booklet along with the artists’ own interpretations, which is then followed by an inspired bit of prose by Jari Casagrande. This poet also created the IX Hermit card. While renowned Tarot historian Giovanni Pelosini who oversaw this project contributed the XIV Temperance Card.
The artists are listed towards the beginning of the 96-page booklet, with their biographies in the index section.
Below, you can find the artists listed in the order of their cards with links to some of their other artistic contributions, when available online. Thirteen of the 22 cards are presented here, along with the cover art, which was created by the popular surrealist Jessica Angiulli. This unique set is recommended for Tarot collectors and history buffs.
Tarocchi Appropriati
23 Artists – Card Titles in Italian
JESSICA ANGIULLI – Creator of the Cover Art
GIOVANNI MONTI – MATTO – 0 Fool
LUCIO MONDINI – MAGO – I Magician
CATERINA FORESI – PAPESSA – II High Priestess
MARTINO BARBIERI – IMPERATRICE – III Empress
OCTAVIA MONACO – IMPERATORE – IV Emperor
ALAIN GIANNOTTI – PAPA – V Hierophant
ERIC LERNER – AMANTI – VI Lovers
CLAIRE SANTI – CARRO – VII Chariot
PARIDE CEVOLANI – GIUSTIZIA – VIII Justice
JARI CASAGRANDE – EREMITA – IX Hermit
MARIARITA FRAZZONI – RUOTA DI FORTUNA – X Wheel of Fortune
TIZIANA BERTACCI – FORZA – XI Strength
ANTONELLO MANTOVANI – APPESO – XII Hanged Man
ORNELLA LAMBERTI – MORTE – XIII Death
GIOVANNI PELOSINI – TEMPERANZA – XIV Temperance
REBECCA MIETZELFELD – DIAVOLO – XV Devil
FRANCESCA RICCI – TORRE – XVI Tower
PAYAL ANIL PADMANABHAN – STELLE – XVII Star
RITA MINELLI – LUNA – XVIII Moon
ADOLFINA DE STEFANI – SOLE – XIX Sun
PATRICIA BROWN – GIUDIZIO – XX Judgment
FRANCO COLETTI – MONDO – XXI World
February 20, 2015 alle 19:17
grazie Giovanni,
a Bologna è stato molto interessante.
February 20, 2015 alle 19:19
grazie Giovanni,
a Bologna è stato molto interessante. Spero che per la prossima occasione di incontro io sia in grado di stare in piedi senza stampelle.