Tarot of the Princesses
Dublin Core
Title
Tarot of the Princesses
Subject
World mythology
World history
World literature
Description
78 cards + a title card and a publisher's information card + an LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box.
Cards measure 12 cm tall x 6.6 cm wide. The card stock is very flexible, with a smooth, mostly-matte finish. This deck could easily be riffle-shuffled.
The card back design is reversible.
No titles or suit names appear on the cards themselves. Instead, suits are distinguished by different icons in their borders. The LWB identifies each card by its title, and aligns most of the cards with famous women from history and literature.
Justice is VIII and Strength is XI. The Fool is numbered 0.
The suits are Pentacles, Chalices, Swords, and Wands. The court cards are Knave, Knight, Queen, and King. It is challenging to distinguish the Knaves from the Knights, in that their symbols are very similar.
The minor arcana are fully scenic, and loosely follow the RWS tradition.
As with some of Severino Baraldi's other work, the female characters don't look like real women -- instead, they look like busty, lusty fantasy women. Though this deck ostensibly focuses on women, it is not a female-friendly deck, nor is it a feminist deck. Also, this deck's art is sometimes very culturally insensitive, even insulting.
Cards measure 12 cm tall x 6.6 cm wide. The card stock is very flexible, with a smooth, mostly-matte finish. This deck could easily be riffle-shuffled.
The card back design is reversible.
No titles or suit names appear on the cards themselves. Instead, suits are distinguished by different icons in their borders. The LWB identifies each card by its title, and aligns most of the cards with famous women from history and literature.
Justice is VIII and Strength is XI. The Fool is numbered 0.
The suits are Pentacles, Chalices, Swords, and Wands. The court cards are Knave, Knight, Queen, and King. It is challenging to distinguish the Knaves from the Knights, in that their symbols are very similar.
The minor arcana are fully scenic, and loosely follow the RWS tradition.
As with some of Severino Baraldi's other work, the female characters don't look like real women -- instead, they look like busty, lusty fantasy women. Though this deck ostensibly focuses on women, it is not a female-friendly deck, nor is it a feminist deck. Also, this deck's art is sometimes very culturally insensitive, even insulting.
Creator
Baraldi, Severino (artist)
Nativo, Floreana (author)
Publisher
Lo Scarabeo
Date
© 2009
Format
78 cards
Language
Multiple languages
Type
RWS / Mixed
Identifier
ISBN 978-8883958748
Citation
Baraldi, Severino (artist) and Nativo, Floreana (author), “Tarot of the Princesses,” The Osborne Tarot Collection, accessed September 8, 2024, https://tarot.zerosummer.org/items/show/332.
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