Catalogue of the exhibition at the French Playing Card Museum in Issy-les-Moulineaux from December 15, 2021 to March 13, 2022.
Illuminated Tarots. Masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.
Lienart
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| N° d'inventaire | 25234 |
| Format | 21 x 29 |
| Détails | 167 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782359063288 |
Illuminated tarots from the 15th century are fascinating. Their quality of execution, the richness of their colors, and their embossed gold backgrounds make them works apart, both playing cards and miniatures. Luxury objects that emerged in the aristocratic and cultured circles of northern Italy in the 15th century, they have been better preserved than ordinary printed tarots. Dominated by the cards painted by Bonifacio Bembo and his workshop for the court of Milan, illuminated tarots were also produced for other courts, such as those of Ferrara and Florence.
The appearance on the art market and the acquisition by the Museum of the Playing Card of a superb Chariot, one of the tarot's assets, completely new, has shaken up the attributions made until then. Organized around the Chariot card and its "sisters", two cards clearly from the same deck exceptionally loaned by the National Museum of Warsaw, this work presents precious Milanese and Florentine tarots, from prestigious institutions such as the Louvre, the National Library of France, the Morgan Library and Museum in New York and the museums of Sicily.
Illuminated tarots provide essential details for understanding 15th-century Italian painting. Petrarch's "Triumphs," birthing trays, illustrated books, and more shed light on the historical, artistic, and intellectual context.
The appearance on the art market and the acquisition by the Museum of the Playing Card of a superb Chariot, one of the tarot's assets, completely new, has shaken up the attributions made until then. Organized around the Chariot card and its "sisters", two cards clearly from the same deck exceptionally loaned by the National Museum of Warsaw, this work presents precious Milanese and Florentine tarots, from prestigious institutions such as the Louvre, the National Library of France, the Morgan Library and Museum in New York and the museums of Sicily.
Illuminated tarots provide essential details for understanding 15th-century Italian painting. Petrarch's "Triumphs," birthing trays, illustrated books, and more shed light on the historical, artistic, and intellectual context.
The appearance on the art market and the acquisition by the Museum of the Playing Card of a superb Chariot, one of the tarot's assets, completely new, has shaken up the attributions made until then. Organized around the Chariot card and its "sisters", two cards clearly from the same deck exceptionally loaned by the National Museum of Warsaw, this work presents precious Milanese and Florentine tarots, from prestigious institutions such as the Louvre, the National Library of France, the Morgan Library and Museum in New York and the museums of Sicily.
Illuminated tarots provide essential details for understanding 15th-century Italian painting. Petrarch's "Triumphs," birthing trays, illustrated books, and more shed light on the historical, artistic, and intellectual context.