Tarot Significado e Historia / Significance and History

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Pub. Date: 2025-08-06
Publisher(s): Editorial Kairos
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Summary

He aquí una fascinante mirada al legado cultural del Tarot a lo largo de los siglos. La travesía comienza en la Italia del Renacimiento, cuando se exploran los antecedentes de estas barajas así como los primeros ejemplos de tarots con los que contamos. Destacan los tarots Visconti (los más antiguos), el Tarot de Mantegna y el Tarot Sola Busca. Tras estos hitos de los orígenes, estas barajas dan el salto a otros espacios de Europa. Es en Francia donde se va a gestar el mazo más importante de todos: el Tarot de Marsella, que será el que sirva de base para la confi guración de los principales tarots contemporáneos. Con un conocimiento magistral del tema, el autor nos explica el posterior desarrollo de las barajas a partir del siglo xviii, tanto en el ámbito francés, el británico como el hispano. Es en el xix cuando se popularizan los tarots esotéricos y ocultistas, para pasar –en el xx– a las interpretaciones simbólicas, junguianas o feministas. En suma, se trata de una obra muy completa que reúne la historia y el significado del tarot con un lenguaje asequible al público no especializado, trufada de ilustraciones cuidadosamente escogidas.

Here's a fascinating look at the Tarot's cultural legacy over the centuries. The journey begins in Renaissance Italy, when the antecedents of these decks are explored as well as the first examples of tarot cards that we have. The Visconti tarots (the oldest), the Tarot of Mantegna and the Tarot Sola Busca stand out. After these milestones of the origins, these decks make the leap to other spaces in Europe. It is in France where the most important deck of all will be created: the Tarot de Marseille, which will serve as the basis for the configuration of the main contemporary tarots. With a masterful knowledge of the subject, the author explains the subsequent development of decks from the eighteenth century, both in the French, British and Hispanic spheres. It is in the nineteenth century when esoteric and occult tarots become popular, to move on – in the twentieth – to symbolic, Jungian or feminist interpretations.  In short, it is a very complete work that brings together the history and meaning of the tarot with a language accessible to the non-specialized public, full of carefully chosen illustrations.

Author Biography

Pedro Ortega Ventureira es ingeniero, Máster en edición digital, doctor en Historia del Arte y experto en tecnologías aplicadas al patrimonio cultural. Ha escrito sobre el tarot para revistas tan prestigiosas como Historia National Geographic. También ha sido ponente en las cinco ediciones del Congreso Internacional de Baraja y Tarot. Es autor del libro El Tarot de Mantegna y la sabiduría arcana del Renacimiento.

Pedro Ortega Ventureira is an engineer, Master in digital publishing, PhD in Art History and expert in technologies applied to cultural heritage. He has written about tarot for such prestigious magazines as National Geographic History. He has also been a speaker at the five editions of the International Congress of Deck and Tarot. He is the author of the book Mantegna's Tarot and the Arcane Wisdom of the Renaissance.

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