Tarot de Marseille (by Kris Hadar)
From Tarotpedia
Contents |
[edit] Description
This 78-card deck is a modern restoration/recreation of the Tarot of Marseilles, very much like the Jodo-Camoin deck. According to Kris Hadar, his work consisted of “hunting down,…, the thread and the forgotten detail that suggested what the original had to be.” In doing so, Hadar clarifies some of the more ambiguous details. One of the oddest additions Hadar has made, though, is the beam of light above the head of some of the figures, such as La Papesse.
Although naming one’s deck the “Veritable Tarot de Marseille” seems rather pretentious, he did a tremendeous job. The cards are more detailed than other versions (like the Grimaud versions for example). The use of color in the deck is very attractive and a lot softer on the eyes than the glaring hues of the Camoin, yet the original woodcut-like feeling is still preserved. Particular attention has also been spent to the reversible card backs.
[edit] Creator(s)
[edit] Publishing details
ISBN : 2890748197
[edit] Date of Publication
1996
[edit] Publisher
Mortagne
[edit] Deck creation and/or publication process
To be added
[edit] Creator's comments
Hadar is convinced that the origin of the Tarot de Marseille lies in the 12th century, as a way to protect the knowledge inherited from the French Occitan culture that the church sought to suppress. This is why he dated his deck as from 1181 like traditionaly done on the 2 of coins.
[edit] Creator's website
[edit] Reviews
Review by Jean-Michel David on Aeclectic
Review by Thijs Dekeukeleire on www.tarotpassages.com
