Tarots: Art and Magic

Bologna, Catania, Siene

 
 


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Bologna, Archaeological Museum
December 16, 1994 - February 14, 1995


Promoting Bodies
Municipality of Bologna
Cultural Department
Cultural Association “Le Tarot”

Under the Aegis of the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture
Protocol N. 16638, Jan. 9 1995

Historical - Scientific Plan
Cultural Association “Le Tarot”

Catalogue edited by G. Berti and A. Vitali (Le Tarot Editions)
P. Marsili - Gi. Berti             La diffusione dei Tarocchi tra i secc. XV-XIX 
                                                   (Tarots diffusion between the XV and XIX centuries)
Franco Cardini                      I Tarocchi fra “cultura di corte” e “cultura popolare” 
                                                   (Tarots through “court culture” and “popular culture”)
Paolo Aldo Rossi                     I Tarocchi fra “Ermetismo” e “Teatro della Memoria” 
                                                   (Tarots through “Hermetism” and “Memory Theatre” )
Lorenzo Dattrino                   Il simbolismo dei numeri nella Patristica 
                                                   (Numbers symbolism in Patristic)
A.Ascari - M.Canducci        Ipotesi nell’origine di un nome 
                                                   (Hypothesis in the origin of a name) 
Andrea Vitali                         Iconografia dei tarocchi  
                                                   (Tarots iconography)
Giordano Berti                       Tarocchi e Occultismo
                                                   (Tarots and Occultism)

Origin of displayed works

Public bodies
State Archives, Bologna
Municipal Library of the Archiginnasio, Bologna
University Library, Bologna
Civic Archaeological Museum, Bologna
Civic Medieval Museum, Bologna
National Picture Gallery, Bologna
Municipal Library, Mantua
Estense Library, Modena
International Ceramics Museum, Faenza

Private collections
Cultural Association “Le Tarot”, Faenza
Andrea Vitali, Faenza
Amedeo Cocchi, Milan
Piero Chiesa, Cesena
Renzo Salvadé, Bologna
Guglielmo Invernizzi, Como
Antonio Guerra, Bologna
Pietro Alligo, Turin
Osvaldo Menegazzi, Milan
Sergio Bassani, Bologna
Pietro Lenzini, Faenza
Mauro Biondi, Ravenna
“Bottega d'Arte” of Franco Montevecchi, Faenza
Banca Popolare Veneta, Padua Branch
Mario Contarini, Lugo
“Dama Castellana” Association, Conegliano Veneto
Art and Historical Documents Collection of the Cassa di Risparmio, Bologna

Contemporary artists

Mirco Denicolò, Faenza
Monica Canducci, Longiano
Davide Tonato, Verona
Luigi Scapini, Verona
Gian Maria Potenza, Venice
Bianca Maria Rizzoli, Bologna
Domenico Balbi, Genoa
Velda Ponti, Brisighella


Catania, Ursino Castle Municipal Museum
December, 1995 – January, 1996


Promoting Body
Municipality of Catania - Cultural Department

Under the Aegis of the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture
Protocol N. 16638, Jan. 9 1995

Historical - Scientific Plan
Cultural Association “Le Tarot”

Documents selection
Andrea Vitali

Scientific Committee
Angelo Andreotti            Essayist
Giordano Berti                 Essayist, Chairman of the “Graf Institute”, Bologna
Marco Bertozzi                 Philosophy of History, Ferrara University
Omar Calabrese              Visual Communication, Siena University
Franco Cardini                Medieval History, Florence University
Lorenzo Dattrino             Patristics, Lateran University, Rome
Paolo Aldo Rossi                History of Scientific Thought, Genoa University
Dario Sabbatucci             History of Religions, La Sapienza University, Rome
Cecilia Gatto Trocchi      Cultural Anthropology, Perugia University
Andrea Vitali                    Iconologist, Chairman of the Association Le Tarot
Claudio Widmann           Psychoanalyst

Catalogue edited by G. Berti and A. Vitali (Le Tarot Editions)
Reprint of the same book published during the previous exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Bologna.

Origin of displayed works
Ursino Castle Municipal Museum, Catania
State Archives, Catania
Municipal Archives, Catania
Cultural Association Le Tarot, Faenza
Amedeo and Maurizio Cocchi, Antiquarians in Milan (IN. ARTE)
Andrea Vitali, Faenza
Guglielmo Invernizzi, Como
Antonio Guerra, Bologna
Guido Sogliani, Genoa
Pietro Alligo, Turin
Osvaldo Menegazzi, Milan
Mauro Biondi, Ravenna
Francesco Montevecchi, “Bottega d'Arte”, Faenza
Mario Contarini, Lugo di Romagna
Mario Di Liberto, Catania



Siena, Depository of the Salt, Public Palace (Good Govern Palace), December 2005 - January 2006

Promoting Body
Municipality of Siena - Cultural Department

Under the Aegis of the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture
Protocol n.16638, Jan. 9 1995

Historical - Scientific Plan
Andrea Vitali, president of the Cultural Association “Le Tarot” - Faenza

Scientific Committee
Alain Bougearel
Franco Cardini
Donatino Domini
Rolando Dondarini
Gian Carlo Garfagnini
Gerardo Lonardoni
Marcello Lotti
Sergio Noja Noseda
Paolo Aldo Rossi
Paolo Sabbatini Rancidoro
Ross Sinclair Caldwell
Andrea Vitali
Terry Zanetti

Catalogue edited by G. Berti and A. Vitali (Le Tarot Editions)
Reprint of the same book published during the previous exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Bologna.

Origin of displayed works
Collections of Cultural Association “Le Tarot”.