Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau-styled deck with rich, flowing colors and elegant design.
by Matt Myers · 1989
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The record
I bought the Art Nouveau after seeing various sample cards on the Internet. The deck is smaller/medium size (same size as Swiss 1JJ or Tarot classic), with blue backs, plastic coated for durability and easy shuffling. The art style and rich colors used in this deck are just outright beautiful and more attractive "in person" than the scanned pictures. Matt Myers painted the deck in oil and used human models for this project. The first thing that stuck me about the Art Nouveau deck is that unlike many tarot decks (painted in watercolor) is that the colors are beautifully dark and the people painted on the cards have very "real", distinct facial features. Myers is such a talented artist that some cards (The World for example) almost appear to be a photograph instead of a painted picture. The major arcana are really stunning in this deck. The rich reds and blues really make this deck "vibe right" and keep it from being too cute to take it seriously. The major arcana have some interesting "simple" symbolism in it. The Moon card is a woman and The Sun card is a male, this goes along with older esoteric teachings and I am surprised to see it here so blatantly (I like it myself). The Stren
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