In 2008 the Museo dei Tarocchi proposed a new Tarot project. This consisted of inviting artists to create an original Tarot work of art following a specific theme, which is decided by the museum each year. The chosen contributions were published by the museum as unique, collectable Tarot decks. The Museo dei Tarocchi in collaboration with Hermatena, along with the production and publication of these intriguing decks of cards, also organized various exhibitions in Italy. You can view examples of previous artworks completed during 2006 and 2007 on this site under the titles: The TAROCCHI eVOLUTI, and The inContro Tarocchi, respectively. The topic for 2008 project was LITERATAROT. The theme of this deck series is great classics of literature, either contemporary or of the past. The goal of this project is to merge a recognizable element of literature to the traditional and symbolic meaning of a specific Tarot card image. This fusion comes from the esoteric value that in the distant past was connected to heraldry, whereas the image (called “the body”) was joined to a maxim or ‘motto’ (referred to as “the soul”), forming a commemorative “coat of arms”. Deck specs: Card size: 7 x 12 cm or 2.76 inches x 4.72 inches. Every work contains: the title of the novel, which inspired the work, the title of the connected Tarot card (i.e. Fool, Magician and so on) and the corresponding number printed in Roman Numerals (i.e. XV). The museum accepted most any art medium, including pen & ink, color drawings, painting, photography, and collage, digital art, sculpture or other such artistic mediums. The technical direction of the project is entrusted to the Museo dei Tarocchi, which selected the artworks and decided upon the 22 cards that will compose the Major Arcana deck. All artwork contributions were donated to the museum, and now become part of the Museo dei Tarocchi permanent collection. The 2008 project is composed by 4 decks: Italy entrusted by Museo dei Tarocchi; USA by Arnell Ando ; India by Swati Prakash-Tarotindia ; New Zealand by Fern Mercier & Lyn Olds - TAROT AOTEAROA. Bookshop INFO: 0039 51 916563 - 0039 51 916750 - 0039 339 4675926 E-MAIL Index