Minotauro
so , I'll just start with the magician
the source painting can be seen here http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fakultätsbild_Medizin.jpg
or http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Klimt-medizin.jpg
it is called medicine , the person despicted of the card is at the bottom and the sources say it is ;hygeia
from wikipedia's article of hygeia :
was a daughter of the god of medicine, Asclepius. She was the goddess/personification of health , cleanliness and sanitation. While her father was more directly associated with healing, she was associated with the prevention of sickness and the continuation of good health but in time she started to be increasingly identifyed with the ancient Italian goddess of social welfare
well I personally dont relate hygeia to the magician all that much althugh ,perhaps the social welfare part. but the painting does relate to me to the magician , the snake on her hand is as I can see pouring poison on a bowl, for an antidote perhaps? the look on her face is solemn and the snake seems to be under her trance. achieving this withouth effort. it reminds me a little bit to the strenght card. she doesnt have the 4 pips around her but that's not a big issue for me, but if you had to you could still find the elemnts in the card.
also from wikipedia but about the painting itself;
Medicine was the second painting, presented in March 1901 at the tenth Secession Exhibition. It featured a column of nude figures on the right hand side of the painting, representing the river of life. Beside it was a young nude female who floated in space, with a newborn infant at her feet, representing life. A skeleton represented death in the river of life . The only link between the floating woman and the river of bodies is two arms, the woman's and a man's as seen from behind. At the bottom of the painting Hygieia stood with the Aesculapian snake around her arm and the cup of Lethe in her hand, turning her back to mankind. Klimt conveyed an ambiguous unity of life and death, with nothing to celebrate the role of medicine or the science of healing. he was attacked by critics who ... yada yada yada .the painting is great those critics suck
well this also adds up to the magician meaning , she basicly holds the power of life and death
hmmm what do you think? it's a lot of info to process for me so I'll talk about it later
the source painting can be seen here http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fakultätsbild_Medizin.jpg
or http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Klimt-medizin.jpg
it is called medicine , the person despicted of the card is at the bottom and the sources say it is ;hygeia
from wikipedia's article of hygeia :
was a daughter of the god of medicine, Asclepius. She was the goddess/personification of health , cleanliness and sanitation. While her father was more directly associated with healing, she was associated with the prevention of sickness and the continuation of good health but in time she started to be increasingly identifyed with the ancient Italian goddess of social welfare
well I personally dont relate hygeia to the magician all that much althugh ,perhaps the social welfare part. but the painting does relate to me to the magician , the snake on her hand is as I can see pouring poison on a bowl, for an antidote perhaps? the look on her face is solemn and the snake seems to be under her trance. achieving this withouth effort. it reminds me a little bit to the strenght card. she doesnt have the 4 pips around her but that's not a big issue for me, but if you had to you could still find the elemnts in the card.
also from wikipedia but about the painting itself;
Medicine was the second painting, presented in March 1901 at the tenth Secession Exhibition. It featured a column of nude figures on the right hand side of the painting, representing the river of life. Beside it was a young nude female who floated in space, with a newborn infant at her feet, representing life. A skeleton represented death in the river of life . The only link between the floating woman and the river of bodies is two arms, the woman's and a man's as seen from behind. At the bottom of the painting Hygieia stood with the Aesculapian snake around her arm and the cup of Lethe in her hand, turning her back to mankind. Klimt conveyed an ambiguous unity of life and death, with nothing to celebrate the role of medicine or the science of healing. he was attacked by critics who ... yada yada yada .the painting is great those critics suck
well this also adds up to the magician meaning , she basicly holds the power of life and death
hmmm what do you think? it's a lot of info to process for me so I'll talk about it later