By: Andrea Aste
Composition: 78 cards 66x120mm, 160 pages full color book
Enter a parallel world where tarot comes to life.
Designed by artist Andrea Aste to look like it was created during the era of the master alchemists,
the Lost Code of Tarot is full of allegorical images and esoteric languages.
Inspired by the codes of Leonardo da Vinci, this deck is reminiscent of a time when science
and magic were fused together and a place where wisdom emerges from the space between the lines.
The project revolves around the works of a fictional Alchemist:
a mysterious manuscript and a deck of Tarot cards, both coded with a complex cipher.
Inspired from Leonardo da Vinci's codes,
the Voyinich Manuscript alongside with the oldest surviving decks of tarot cards,
the decks is full of symbols, allegorical images and esoteric languages,
echoing a sense of magic and mystery typical of a time where ancient myths
and new ideas were fused. Limited edition.