The Fantastic Menagerie Tarot Cards - 2006 - por Karen Mahony - Alex Ukolov - Sophie Nussle - Inglés

Libro 208 páginas - Altura: 5.42 pulg. Ancho: 4.30 pulg. Espesor: 1.15 pulg. (15.2 x 2.5 x 22.9 cm)

Las ilustraciones de fantasía animal mágicamente excéntricas del artista victoriano J.J. Grandville adquiere una nueva vida en este tarot gloriosamente caprichoso. Un tarot de una belleza excepcional, es un mazo de 78 cartas a todo color y totalmente ilustrado con un elenco peculiar de animales humanos que desafían nuestro sentido de diversión, fantasía y fortuna. Sigue el conocido patrón Rider Waite Smith y es fácil de leer.

Un pájaro azul sueña con su amor perdido hace mucho tiempo. Una familia de abejas se reúne para disfrutar del pan y la miel. Dos gatos, vestidos con trajes de noche, bailan en un tejado debajo de la luna llena ... Las adoradas ilustraciones de fantasía animal del artista victoriano J.J. Grandville adquiere una nueva vida en este glorioso y singularmente hermoso tarot. El mazo de 78 cartas a todo color y completamente ilustrado presenta un elenco mágico de figuras antropomórficas. La baraja sigue el conocido patrón de Rider Waite Smith, y es fácil de leer, evocador e ingenioso. También hay un libro complementario encantador de Sophie Nussle, que incluye palabras clave para principiantes e ideas detalladas y nuevos diferenciales para estimular a los lectores más experimentados. El libro también presenta lecturas de muestra de Paula Goodman Wilder, cantante de la ópera de San Francisco y conocida en la comunidad del tarot por su estilo de lectura melodramático, irreverente pero tan preciso.

En general, una baraja de tarot que no solo es hermosa, sino que tiene su propio estilo perversamente divertido.

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The Fantastic Menagerie Tarot Cards – 2006 - by Karen Mahony - Alex Ukolov - Sophie Nussle - English

Book 208 pages - Height:5.42 in. Width: 4.30 in. Thickness: 1.15 in. (15.2 x 2.5 x 22.9 cm)

The magically eccentric animal fantasy illustrations of Victorian artist J.J. Grandville take on a new life in this gloriously whimsical tarot. A most uniquely beautiful tarot, this is a fully-illustrated, full-colour 78-card deck featuring a quirky cast of human-like animals that challenge our sense of fun, fantasy and fortune. Follows the well-known Rider Waite Smith pattern and is easy to read.

A bluebird dreams of her long lost love. A family of bees gather to enjoy bread and honey. Two cats, attired in evening-wear, dance on a rooftop below a full moon... The much-loved animal fantasy illustrations of Victorian artist J.J. Grandville take on new life in this glorious and uniquely beautiful tarot. The fully-illustrated, full-color 78-card deck features a magical cast of anthropomorphic figures. The deck follows the well-known Rider Waite Smith pattern, and is easy to read, evocative and witty. There is also a delightful companion book by Sophie Nussle, which includes keywords for beginners and detailed ideas and new spreads to stimulate more experienced readers. The book also features sample readings by Paula Goodman Wilder, singer with the San Francisco opera and well known in the tarot community for her melodramatic, irreverent but oh-so-accurate reading style.

All in all a tarot deck that's not only beautiful, but has its own wickedly funny flair. 

About the Author:
Karen Mahony founded baba studio with Alex Ukolov in 2002. Their work has since appeared in numerous design magazines and New Age publications in the USA and Europe. She has also published many articles on both tarot and design, with a reputation as one of today's most accessible and enjoyable tarot writers. Irish by origin, she lives in Prague.

Alex Ukolov is an artist and designer specializing in traditional Russian styles and techniques. With two degrees in Art and Design he has also taught decorative miniature painting. Originally from the Crimea, he currently lives in Prague, where he runs baba studio with Karen Mahony.

Sophie Nussle is a former aid worker and has been gathering and carrying her stories and tarot cards from the UK and Switzerland to Congo, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Iraq, Ecuador, Israel, the United States - and many other countries, real and imagined. She is a lifelong lover of French 19th Century art and literature and grew up on Grandville illustrations of Les Fables de La Fontaine and Gulliver's Travels - which might have inspired her own life. She won the BBC World Service Award for Short Story of the Year in 2000 for Buried Bananas, a story about a Rwandan genocide survivor. She lives in Geneva and finds inspiration for story characters sitting in that multi-cultural city's many coffee shops.

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, alias Grandville, was born in France in 1803. At an early age, he began working as a magazine illustrator and theatrical costume designer. In 1829, at the tender age of 26, he became famous for his Métamorphoses du Jour, featuring caricatures of humans