- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; Crds edition (2 Dec 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0062509659
- ISBN-13: 978-0062509659
- Product Dimensions: 15.8 x 10.8 x 4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,949,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Postmodernism has already swept all the major artistic disciplines: art, architecture, literature, dance and music. Brian Williams offers a postmodern twist to the tarot. Each card of the Minor Arcana has been inspired by a modern artwork, while the traditional suits of the Minor Arcana (staves, cups, coins and swords) are transformed into TVs, bottles, guns and money-icons with meaning for 21st-century readers. Among the 22 cards of the major Arcana, the traditional, Jester-like Fool has become a trendy idiot, the Magician has become a scientific expert and the Empress and Emperor have become Mum and Dad. A companion guidebook is included.
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IT'S ALMOST 2000 A.D.
DOES YOUR TAROT DECK SEEM MORE SUITED FOR A RENAISSANCE COURT OR A GYPSY TENT THAN FOR NAVIGATING THE NEXT MILLENNIUM?
A witty blend of traditional tarot symbology, contemporary images, and the iconography of modern art, The PoMo Tarot puts a hip new spin on an ancient source of wisdom and offers art lovers and tarot devotees a treasure chest of up-to-the-minute totems for twenty-first century divination and self-exploration.
Turning the ancient deck on its head, artist and tarot expert Brian Williams replaces the classic suits of the Minor Arcana (staves, cups, coins and swords) with TVs, bottles, money and guns, translating the tarot and its powers into the contemporary landscape. To wit: a Scientist replaces the magician and the village fool puts on the power tie of a trendy idiot. Aficionados will delight in Williams brazen takes on a who's who of paintings and artists. This beautiful slipcased edition includes a full-colour 78-card deck as well as a guidebook that comments on the history of each tarot card and the artist it parodies, and explains how to muse the deck for readings.
Brian Williams created the Renaissance Tarot Deck and the companion book. He holds a degree in Renaissance Iconographic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
pomo tarot... a fun, hip deck!
22 Jun 2000
Format:Paperback
I really liked this deck and book. Can be used as a serious reading deck, but it's all postmodern-like! ;> Perfect for readings with cynical, hipster friends.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
This was once my favorite deck.
27 Jun 2000
Format:Paperback
Unfortunately, that was back when I had basically given up trying to understand the traditional tarot, and this system came along. The PoMo deck almost isn't tarot in the traditional sense -- a lot of the original symbolism is removed for more faithful reproduction of the artwork Williams wants to feature.
It's an excellent introduction to PostModern art and art criticsm, and a way to see that there are many different ways of interpreting the tarot. I found that once I was able to learn more traditional tarot through the "keyword" system, though, PoMo made almost no sense at all -- it's its own little universe.
The cards, btw, are both huge and flimsy: not the best combination. However, I like the art style and plan to keep my deck for its own sake.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Entertaing but don't expect to do readings with it
10 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
An extraordinarily pretty, inventive, and entertaining deck. But it's not for doing readings. Worth owning though.
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