A.A. Atanassov was inspired by Gustav Klimt’s style and created the cards for the Golden Tarot of Klimt from artwork spanning the artist’s career from 1899 to 1917. Some cards are close copies of his original paintings -The Moon card is a version of ‘Danae’, the Ten of Cups is ‘Jungfrau’, Strength is ‘Judith II’ and the High Priestess in ‘Bildnis Frieda Reidler’ - while others are of a similar feel but don’t directly match with a piece of Klimt’s.

The card art is rich and luxurious yet elegant and poised, offset by dramatic black borders. Gold and mosaics were common parts of Klimt’s works, and have been used in the Tarot deck to great effect - clothing and swathes of backgrounds are transformed by sensual reds, multi-coloured tiled mosaics, and glinting metallic gold highlights. The major arcana seem have a stronger connection with Klimt’s works, while the minor arcana are more Tarot illustrations in his style.
Weight: 235 g

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