Art Deco deck?

blackroseivy

I know about the Aquarian - that's really revival, not true Art Deco. I'm talking period.

I had wanted to ask this question, but I just received the Thoth & that's truly an Art Deco deck as I would define it. Are there any other period pieces such as this in Deckland?? :D
 

Gerbear

The Jungendstil by Domon has an art deco flavor. Jungendstil is the German word for art deco, although the deck is Japanese.
 

Lillie

Are you defining art deco as decks that were actually created during that period?
Rather than ones done later in that style?

If so then the Thoth would have been a bit late. Wasn't it drawn in the early 40's? Or am I wrong there?

Art deco ended with the second world war. so we are talking decks that were created in the 20's and 30's.
And not only that, but were in the right style.

Can't be many. (if any!)
 

Gerbear

Jeannette said:
According to my research when I put the Domon deck into the Tarot Garden database, Jugendstil was the German variant of Art Nouveau, not Art Deco.

-- Jeannette
The Tarot Garden
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I realized my error, but too late for the sharp minds on this forum. Anyway, it was a bit before I was born, so that's my reason, and I'm sticking to it! :)
 

blackroseivy

It was done right DURING WWII, so I think it still counts. Definitely has the look. I've seen up to like '41, '42 defined as Art Deco (I'm a BFA with plenty of art history, this helps!). I guess that's still the closest I'm going to come to Art Deco-period Tarot art! ;)

Oh - & as a "homage", I'm afraid that the 1987 Erte doesn't count. I'm looking "period", once again.
 

Lillie

I agree that the Thoth is very 'art deco'.

Though I would say that in europe that period ended with the begining of the war.
though of course that was later in America, and you did not have rationing and all that (Did you?)
You should hear my Mom reminice about the sweet coupons, and the air raid sirens!
But I'm hardly an expert. I bow to your superior knowledge.

Imagine! Crowley and Harris, slaving over the cards while the bombs rained down around them!
Would it have been while he was living in Hastings?
That must have taken a hammering, down there on the south coast!

What's a BFA?

I'm an AFB, when I want to be. You can guess what it stands for!

As for period. The RWS was a little early. Marseilles was about, but in no way the right style. The Thompson Leng was in the 30's. But, from the little I have seen not art deco at all.

Are there any? You really have got me wondering now!

But personally, I have always liked Art Nouveau more than Deco.
If there was a genuine art nouveau deck (again, a real one, not just 'in the style of') I would love o hear about it.
 

Cerulean

In Italy, there were a few; the renamed Alan Tarot is a 1910

double-ended by Argio Orell and it's got lovely majors/trumps:

http://www.tarotpassages.com/filipas12.htm

Modiano also publishes in cooperation with U.S. Games the somewhat confusing Cagliostro Tarot of around 1912, I think...

http://www.learntarot.com/cadesc.htm

I'm certain there are German tarocks, French tarots with appropriate suits and other variations...I believe the Lasenik from Prague qualifies...the PRS' Knapp-Hall might qualify as 1929

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/knapp-hall/

And I've heard of an English tarotlike deck that is hard to come by--Thomsen-Leng, circa 1929:

http://www.wopc.co.uk/tarot/tleng.html

Best regards,

Cerulean
 
What deck was used? Not quite Knapp-Hall or Oswald Wirth...