Tarot and Other Meditation Decks - History, Theory, Aesthetics, Typology, 2d ed

Arthur E. Waite and artist Pamela Colman Smith's Rider-Waite Tarot (1909) is the most popular Tarot in the world. Today, it is affectionately referred to as the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot in recognition of the high quality of Smith's contributions. Waite and Smith's deck has become the gold standard for identifying and analyzing contemporary Tarot and other meditation decks based on archetypes.
Developments in both visual and literary history and theory have influenced Tarot since its fifteenth-century invention as a game and subsequent adaptations for esotericism, cartomancy, and meditation. This analysis consider Tarot in relation to established modern and postmodern art movements, such as Symbolism, Surrealism, and Pattern and Decoration Art, as well as the concepts and theories informing both the dominance and the dissolution of the modernist "grid" and hierarchical priorities. This work also explores the close connection between Tarot and the invention of the literary novel and includes new material on the representation of Tarot in film and fiction. A new chapter addresses the growing influence of the archetypal "shadow" and "shadow work" on Tarot as an artistic form, narrative genre, and practice in the new millennium.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction

One.¿Tarot and Visual Art

Two.¿Tarot and Literature

Three.¿Tarot as Tarot

Four.¿Tarot and the Archetypal Shadow

Conclusion

Appendix

Chapter Notes

Tarot Decks Cited

Meditation and Other Decks Cited

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Emily E. Auger (Ph.D.) is a retired art historian and author of numerous reviews, articles, and books. Founder and chair of the "Tarot and Other Divination Methods" area at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (2004-2020), she lives in rural southwestern Ontario.

Summary

Considers Tarot in relation to conventional art movements, including Symbolism, Surrealism and the modernist ‘grid’. The book also explores the close connection between Tarot and the invention of the literary novel, and includes a new chapter on the growing interest in the archetypal ‘shadow’ and ‘shadow work’.

Product details

• Authors: Emily E. Auger, Auger Emily E.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2023
• EAN: 9781476686790
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8679-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Tarot, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Divination / Tarot, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, ART / General, Surrealism, History of Art, Modernism, history of design, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Illustration & commercial art, Art & Design Styles: Surrealism & Dada, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Illustration and commercial art