Tarot of the Renaissance/Trevisan
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 04 Jun 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| HearthCricket |
04 Jun 2005 |
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I recently purchased this deck and really enjoy the gentle pastel colours, the playful, pastoral images, and have mostly just been "looking" at the deck. I want to read it, now, in a celtic cross spread, but find the descriptions in the LWB very lacking in content. Anyone else read from this deck, or come across this situation? If so, what do you do? I don't just want to go with my intuition on everything-I really want to click with each card and what the artist was trying to represent. Any suggestions? Thank you!
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| firemaiden |
04 Jun 2005 |
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This was one of my first decks. I really click with it, very much. Some of the images seem to be inspired by Jan Vermeer. (did I spell that right?).
The meanings don't always line up with RWS, so it was easier for me to use before I had an expectation of the RWS meanings. For best results, respond to the images.
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| HearthCricket |
04 Jun 2005 |
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This was one of my first decks. I really click with it, very much. Some of the images seem to be inspired by Jan Vermeer. (did I spell that right?).
The meanings don't always line up with RWS, so it was easier for me to use before I had an expectation of the RWS meanings. For best results, respond to the images.
I noticed Vermeer's influence on many of the cards, and also a fairy tale feel throughout most of the rest of the deck. I do wish they had created a book about the artwork. But maybe I am trying to hard to get something heavy out of a lighter, airy deck. A very nice deck for reading just before bed, or when you are in a whimsical mood and ready for anything!
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| Cerulean |
04 Jun 2005 |
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But there is a shadow to the softness of the domestic scenes, and it's an older story when I think about it now.
The artist has done children's history paintings (I researched his name), and yes, I do sometimes think of the original twenty-two cards that were painted under it's original name:
http://themysticeye.biz/pics/lanzichenecchi.htm
See if you can make heads or tales of this:
Lanzichenecchi (From the Landsknecht German, "servant of the country"), mercenari soldiers of infantry of the Sacred Roman empire, that they fought between the end of the XV and the beginning of XVII the century. Instituted officially from Massimiliano emperor in 1493, they came enlists to you in order to satisfy the crescent requirementses makes you and to replace therefore the cavalry. Initially, given to the poverty of the population peasant, many volunteers, procurandosi offered themselves leave of the equipment (resistant nozzle, sword and footwear), but later on they were recruited also with the force. The troops lanzichenecche soon became the dominant element of the military apparatus and constituted shapes of organization and own structures of commando. They fought behind compensation and they rendered the war a shape of life and a trade; they wore a striking uniform and they were organizes to you in companies of 500 men. With diffusing itself of the crews from fire, the importance of the lanzichenecchi diminished and the mercenari armies stopped to exist.
http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.il-rinascimento.it/homepage/personaggi/lanzichenecchi_it.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2Blanzichenecchi%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
I believe these were volunteer soldiers as well as mercenaries--and if given a historic context, you realize the yearning, soft-filtered women may be thinking of sweethearts, fathers, brothers and sons.
I hope I have not ruined the deck for anyone. There are more modern and subtle details such as the yin-yang symbol on the High Priestess book and her veil, near a curtain, that remind me of the later Oswald Wirth tarot. There's a glyph also on the Heirophant's robe that I find striking and I like his upraised finger pointing as the sun's closed eyes seem to beam benigningly down at us...
Best regards,
Cerulean
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| HearthCricket |
04 Jun 2005 |
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I believe these were volunteer soldiers as well as mercenaries--and if given a historic context, you realize the yearning, soft-filtered women may be thinking of sweethearts, fathers, brothers and sons.
I hope I have not ruined the deck for anyone.
Actually, that is exactly what I was getting from the deck, this morning, while browsing throught it, especially with the musings of the woman who are right out of Vermeer's works and the Queen of Wands. She looks like she is looking out the window, waiting for someone to return. Many have a look of anticipation on their faces. Thanks for sharing that!
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