I Tarocchi di Ferrara

Creator(s): Mariarita Frazzoni
Date: 2012
Country: Italy
Publisher: Museo Dei Tarocchi
Number of cards: 22
ISBN:
Type:
Reference: Tarotpedia




Notes:
The artwork was created from a variety of mediums including pastels, tempera, inks and watercolor. There are two editions, one large Special Edition (cards 15,24 x 22,86 cm) in a box limited to 30 sets and a Standard Size Edition (cards 10 x 15 cm) limited to 100 numbered decks in a book-style cover tied with a ribbon. The Cards are numbered with Roman numerals, titles are in Italian, the backs are blank.

Ferrara is in northern Italy, not far from Bologna. Each card depicts a historic or mystical time and important characters that populated this town. The pictures show the Ferrarese ancient religious and esoteric history, including such dark themes as the Inquisition and the Black Plague. As an underlying theme, some of the cards include unicorns which have a symbolic tie to the royal Este family that commissioned a great deal of esoteric art during their impressive reign, including the famous astrological 'Hall of Months' series of frescoes which can still be visited in the Schifanoia Palace.

Also enclosed is a leaflet in English with a brief explanation about each card.

Tarocchi di Connessione

Creator(s): Jessica Angiulli (Vocisconesse) 
Date: 2006
Country: Italy
Publisher: Museo dei Tarocchi, Hermatena
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:
Type: other
Reference: Museo dei Tarocchi







Notes:

Limited edition of 500 signed and numbered copies.

Many of the cards, which are numbered and titled both in Italian and English are renamed. Thus the Empress becomes Re-generating, the Emperor - Cultivating, the Chariot is renamed Direction, Judgment is Conscience and so on.

“Tarocchi di connessione” means “connection tarot” and emphasize the idea of “connecting” figures, symbols, meanings, events, thoughts, memories…that is inside TAROT, and also a peculiarity of visual language through images/pictures: putting together images and figures forming properly created to form a system of interactive meanings.
This is a personal interpretation of the 22 Major Arcana, with dreamy, symbolic, surreal, pagan, magical, mythical influences.

-Vocisconnesse