"In the first book-length study of Tarot cards on the silver screen, Emily E. Auger contextualizes cartomancy - the practice of fortune telling via playing cards - and dives deep into its invention and promulgation in film. After providing an interoduction to divination and cart…
"In the first book-length study of Tarot cards on the silver screen, Emily E. Auger contextualizes cartomancy - the practice of fortune telling via playing cards - and dives deep into its invention and promulgation in film. After providing an interoduction to divination and cart…
Hundreds of new Tarot decks have been produced in the late twentieth century, many of them based on the structure and images of Arthur Waite and artist Pamela Smith''s Rider-Waite deck (1910). The continuing popularity and influence of the Rider-Waite deck makes it a standard fo…
Hundreds of new tarot decks have been produced in the late 20th century, many of them based on the structure and images of Arthur Waite and artist Pamela Smith's "Rider-Waite" deck (1910). This work of art history analyses such decks in relation to conventional art styles and mo…
From the post-apocalyptic world of Blade Runner to the James Cameron mega-hit Terminator, tech-noir has emerged as a distinct genre, with roots in both the Promethean myth and the earlier popular traditions of gothic, detective, and science fiction. In this new volume, many well…