Tarocchi Appropriati - Appropriate Tarot
International Collaborative Project
Includes: a Deck of Trumps, w/ Booklet of Artist's Descriptions & Corresponding Poetry
22 Major Arcana + Title Card & Additional Card with Artists Listed
Booklet: 4.72" x 6.69 in (12 x 17 cm), 96 Pages - has B&W Images of All 22 Cards
Corresponding Poetry by Jari Casagrande
Booklet Available in English - Translated by Arnell Ando
Project Overseen by Tarot Historian Giovanni Pelosini
Hosted by Morena Poltronieri, in Collaboration with Ernesto Fazioli
Published by Museo Dei Tarocchi - Mutus Liber, 2015
Printed on Matte Cardstock
Card Back Design Not Reversible
Card Size: 2.75 in x 5 in - 7 x 13 cm
Limited Ed. of 100 Sets
Set Comes in Ribbed, Corrugated Box with Art on Lid (+ Museo's Hot Wax Seal)
Cover Art by Jessica Angiulli
Cost: €65.00 + Italian Postage

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Museo dei Tarocchi - Tarocchi Appropriati Box Set - Cover Art by Jessica Angiulli

IX Hermit by Project Poet Jari Casagrande Description: This unusual collaborative project harkens back to a time in Tarot history when nobility would enjoy playing clever parlor games with the cards. The accompanying 96-page booklet gives a brief overview of the historical context from which the hosts of Tarocchi Appropriati - Morena Poltronieri & Ernesto Fazioli were inspired to pay homage to such ancient Tarot word games. Written documentation still in existence from 1668 - 1725 Bologna, shares how these challenging games were performed in playful competition amongst friends. As Morena Poltronieri explains:

The “Appropriate Tarot” were presented in Bologna (Italy) and Lodovico Frati, in a manuscript of 1668, wrote about this particular system of reading. ‘The Trumps of Appropriate tarocchini’, were composed of two different parts: the first part listed the correspondence between the Trumps and the ladies of the past, and the second portion supplies in prose an explanation of the proposed correspondence. From this ancient system of reading was born this project: "Appropriate Tarot." Like in the past, the 22 Major Arcana inspire poetry - one poem for each card.

We are invited, along with this select group of artists to revisit an ancient era in Bologna, when a group of refined ladies gathered together to play parlor games (often 'tongue' in cheek') with hand-painted Tarocchi cards, in order to test wits and lyrical skills with insight or parody, on such themes as public figures and with social commentary, relating to each Major Arcana.

The 22 cards created for this deck by various international artists are presented in B&W in the soft-cover booklet along with the artist's own interpretations, which are then followed by inspired prose by Jari Casagrande. This poet also created the IX Hermit card (shown right). Renowned Tarot historian Giovanni Pelosini shares an interesting essay on the history of this game during Renaissance Italy, as well as contributing the XIV Temperance Card (shown below).

The artists are listed towards the beginning of the 96-page booklet (and on an additional title card), with their biographies in the index section at the back.

Below, you can find the artists listed in the order of their cards with links to other creative contributions, when available online. Thirteen of the 22 cards are presented here, along with the cover art, which was created by the popular surrealist Jessica Angiulli (shown left). This unique set is recommended for Tarot collectors and history buffs.


Tarocchi Appropriati
Cover Art Contributed by Jessica Angiulli,
Poetry and IX Hermit Card by Jari Casagrande

Card Examples Shown Below:

1st Row: II-High Priestess by Caterina Foresi, III Empress by Martino Barbieri, IV Emperor by Octavia Monaco
2nd Row: V-Hierophant by Alain Giannotti, VI-Lovers by Eric Lerner, VIII-Justice by Paride Cevolani
3rd Row: XI-Strength by Tiziana Bertacci, XIII-Death by Ornella Lamberti, XIV-Temperance by Giovanni Pelosini
4th Row: XVII-Star by Payal Padmanabhan, XX-Judgment by Patricia Brown, XI-World by Franco Coletti





Museum Art Exhibit in Bologna, January 2015
Including this Tarocchi Appropriati Collection
Bologna Art Exhibit - Tarocchi Appropriati 2015
MBologna Art Exhibit - Tarocchi Appropriati 2015

Tarocchi Appropriati

23 Artists - Card Titles in Italian - in English - FYI


JESSICA ANGIULLI - Creator of the Cover Art and Contributor to Several Decks

GIOVANNI MONTI - MATTO - 0 Fool - In LiteraTarot Europe

LUCIO MONDINI - MAGO - I Magician - Also in LiteraTarot Europe

CATERINA FORESI - PAPESSA - II High Priestess

MARTINO BARBIERI - IMPERATRICE - III Empress - His Decks Include Intothepath Tarot

OCTAVIA MONACO - IMPERATORE - IV Emperor - Contributor to Many Decks

ALAIN GIANNOTTI - PAPA - V Hierophant

ERIC LERNER - AMANTI - VI Lovers - Artist of 'Radiant Spleen Tarot'

CLAIRE SANTI - CARRO - VII Chariot

PARIDE CEVOLANI - GIUSTIZIA - VIII Justice

JARI CASAGRANDE - EREMITA - IX Hermit - creator of Daimon Tarot

MARIARITA FRAZZONI – RUOTA DI FORTUNA - X Wheel - Her Decks include Tarocchi di Ferrara

TIZIANA BERTACCI – FORZA - XI Strength In LiteraTarot Europe

ANTONELLO MANTOVANI - APPESO - XII Hanged Man

ORNELLA LAMBERTI - MORTE - XIII Death

GIOVANNI PELOSINI - TEMPERANZA - XIV Temperance - Tarot Historian

REBECCA MIETZELFELD - DIAVOLO - XV Devil

FRANCESCA RICCI - TORRE - XVI Tower

PAYAL ANIL PADMANABHAN - STELLE - XVII Star

RITA MINELLI - LUNA - XVIII Moon

ADOLFINA DE STEFANI - SOLE - XIX Sun ~ Her Deck: Maggiori di Adolfina

PATRICIA BROWN - GIUDIZIO - XX Judgment

FRANCO COLETTI - MONDO - XXI World - His Many Decks Include Emi Tarot



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