Les Secrets Cachés du Tarot de Marseille : Aux Origines de la Renaissance – Documentaire - AT

Behind the tarot lies a philosophical thought and the arts of the Italian Renaissance. An exciting journey into the past to decipher the mysteries of a centuries-old card game. 👋 + history documentaries 👉 http://bit.ly/3lqyFpY 🙏 Subscribe! A favorite instrument of cartomancy, still used today by fortune tellers, the Tarot of Marseille has exercised a powerful power of fascination for centuries. Its twenty-two strange trump cards seem to pose as many enigmas. What do they mean? Who created them? For what purpose? The film explores the secret history of these cards, through the Florence of the Medici, the art of Botticelli and the philosophy of Plato. As the investigation progresses, the enigmatic game reveals itself to be the vehicle of an esoteric teaching of ancient wisdom. That of Marsilio Ficino, one of the greatest philosophers of the Renaissance, passionate about astrology and who directed the Neoplatonic Academy of Florence. Envoûtements Rhythmic, teeming with anecdotes and visually captivating, this documentary explores libraries, museums, castles and other churches housing treasures from the Italian Renaissance and Greek Antiquity. In a journey that looks like a thriller, Philippe Truffault and Christophe Poncet take us to Hungary, Paris, Berlin and, of course, Florence. Thus, a Botticellian fresco that was thought to have disappeared forever is offered to our eyes, found in the depths of a Hungarian castle. Works that are several centuries old are exhumed. Great names from the Italian Renaissance are invoked... A spiritual and artistic dive into a bygone golden age. "The Mysteries of the Tarot of Marseille" Directed by: Philippe Truffault © ARTE France - MEDIA ENTREPRISE - 2015 #history #documentary #tarot #renaissance