Artists' Tarot
The Fool
Pen and Acrylic Ink on Paper
130 x 70
Adapted from 'The Ensign Bearer' by Albrecht Durer
The Magician
Figure taken from 'The Rape of the Sabine Women' by Poussin, adapted in the manner of Arthur Rackham
The High Priestess
Acrylic Ink on Paper
Adapted from 'The Sybil of Cumae' by Michelangelo
The Empress
Adapted from a sketch by Alphonse Mucha
The Emperor
After 'Portraits of the Emperors' 7th C. T'ang dynasty
The Pope
Adapted from a 15th C. illumination of the Emperor Charlemagne
The Lovers
Adapted from 'The Courtesan and her Client' 19th C. anonymous Ganges Valley artist
The Chariot
After a painting found among the treasures of Tutankhamen
Justice
Adapted from a Byzantine mosaic depicting the Empress Theodora at S. Vitale, Ravenna
The Hermit
Adapted from the figure of Joseph in 'The Star of Bethlehem' by Edward Burne-Jones
The Wheel of Fortune
Adapted from 14th C. stained glass depicting St Catherine at Deerhurst, Gloucestershire
Fortitude
After a 15th C. woodcut 'Samson and the Lion'
The Hanged Man
Gouache on Paper
After the same subject in the 15th C. Italian 'Gringonneur' Tarot pack
Death
Adapted from 'The Triumph of Death' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Temperance
Adapted from an ancient Greek vase decoration
The Devil
Adapted from 'Satan smiting Job with sore boils' by William Blake
The Tower
Adapted from 'Coalbrook by Night' by Philip James de Loutherbourg
The Stars
After a Renaissance map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere
The Moon
After 'Man and Woman Gazing at the Moon' by Caspar David Friedrich
The Sun
After 'The Valley Thick with Corn' by Samuel Palmer
Judgement
Adapted from 'The Last Judgement' by Michelangelo
The World
After 'London: View of the City from the terrace of Somerset House' by Antonio Canaletto