Synopses & Reviews
Hieronymus Bosch's unusual vision of the 16th century provides the filter through which Atanassov worked to create the Bosch Tarot. The quaint, the puzzling, the mildly amusing, the simply absurd, and sometimes even the lovely go hand-in-hand with the rawest monstrosity and the most disturbingly grotesque images. All the cards are titled in Italian, English, French, German, and Spanish.
Synopsis
Hieronymus Bosch's unusual vision of the strange universe of the 16th century provides the filter through which Atanassov worked to create the Bosch Tarot. The quaint, the puzzling, the mildly amusing, the simply absurd, and sometimes even the lovely go hand-in-hand with the rawest monstrosity and the most disturbingly grotesque images. For those of us planted firmly in the 20th century, many of the feelings and thoughts portrayed by these scenes have been buried under centuries of rationality and logic. Awe and anxiety, dread and desire -- the images in this deck provide a safe place to explore the unimaginable and hence, to face our own deepest fears. The warm colors invite the reader to enter this bizarre dream world, consider the lessons to learned, and divine the unwritten future. All the cards are titled in Italian, English, French, German, and Spanish. Throughout both the Major and Minor Arcana, the amazing illustrations are a treasure in and of themselves, a deck for collectors and readers alike.
Synopsis
Hieronymus Bosch's unusual vision of the 16th century is deftly replicated in the Bosch Tarot. The quaint, the puzzling, the absurd, and sometimes even the lovely go hand-in-hand with disturbing images. The scenes in this deck provide a safe place to explore the unimaginable and face our deepest fears.