Johannes Fiebig

Taschen’s set of Salvador Dalí’s Tarot set reprints the work that first appeared in 1984 along with a booklet by Johannes Fiebig explaining the meaning of each card and how to play tarot. Annette Köger, of the German Playing Card Museum, introduces the history of artists putting their own spin on the tarot before Johannes gives the history of surrealist art, Dalí’s career, and the circumstances that led Dalí to create this set. From there, Fiebig offers a brief guide on how to use the cards followed by detailed descriptions of the major and minor arcana, their meaning, and descriptions of Dalí’s art. This gorgeous box set comes with text in English, German, and French, the guide book, and the cards themselves, all in a hinged box covered in lush purple velvet with gold ink. Like all of Taschen’s books, this is both a book and a work of art befitting Dalí.… (mais)