These cards from the deck known as the Visconti Tarot were likely made for Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan, sometime in the 15th century. The cards, created in the workshop of painter Bonifacio ...

From its origins in gambling, to a canvas for artists and political expression, tarot went through one last transformation in the 18th century before its revival as a spiritual tool in the 1970s. A ...

Not far from one of Milan’s last remaining medieval gates is a tiny shop door, sandwiched between shuttered storefronts. Cross the threshold, and you’ll enter a gilded world of esoteric symbols: stars ...

View Master of the Visconti Tarot’s artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices.

For devotees of this 600-year-old esoteric art, a trip to northern Italy is in the cards. A pigeon takes flight in front of Milan’s Duomo. The city’s wealth made it a hub for medieval and Renaissance ...

The Knave of Horns, like all the figures from the Cloisters' deck, was draw in pen and ink and colored with typical medieval pigments. The parody-like nature of the deck may mean that the set was ...

For centuries, people have sought insights to matter of the heart through tarot cards. Natalia - stock.adobe.com For centuries, people have been shuffling, pulling and reading tarot cards in hopes of ...

Cards from the Sola Busca, the earliest extant example of a complete 78-card tarot deck, made in Italy in the late 1400s. public domain (8) Not far from one of Milan’s last remaining medieval gates is ...