Richard
I have a simple question. What is a "Tarot de Marseille"? Does the term have any specific denotation? Is it merely a fashionable term applied to pips decks?
I have a simple question. What is a "Tarot de Marseille"? Does the term have any specific denotation? Is it merely a fashionable term applied to pips decks?
Very much agreed. Although the current vogue for calling anything with pips TdM or even "TdM-inspired" is where I think the confusion begins. Consider that there is a parallel Italian tradition of tarrochi, which of course would not rightly be called Tarot de Marseille nor -inspired.I prefer a fairly narrow definition limited to a small number of French decks from a specific historical era - and possibly their immediate antecedents.
Very much agreed. Although the current vogue for calling anything with pips TdM or even "TdM-inspired" is where I think the confusion begins. Consider that there is a parallel Italian tradition of tarrochi, which of course would not rightly be called Tarot de Marseille nor -inspired.
To answer the original topic, my favorite colorful Marseille variant is the Flornoy Noblet. Scrumptious colors and graphical lines result in a riot of cartoonish quasi-psychedelia.
I have a simple question. What is a "Tarot de Marseille"? Does the term have any specific denotation? Is it merely a fashionable term applied to pips decks?
Not colorful but definitely very fun-- I'm a sucker for the sweet smiling faces of the Rolla Nordic Tarot.
http://www.albideuter.de/html/rolla_nordic_verschieben.html
Technically you were supposed to color in the cards yourself so I guess you could make it as colorful as you like. This deck just screams for a reprint... I doubt many people would want to take a marker or colored pencil to their vintage decks. I surely wouldn't!
Really nice. I'd love to have one to color.