German publisher Taschen reissues Tarot deck created by Salvador Dali. The cards were ordered by artist Albert Broccoli, who is best known as the producer of the James Bond movie series.. The deck was supposed to appear in the next film about the MI6 agent " But Dali asked for too much a fee for his work, and the deal fell through. As a result, the less famous artist Fergus Hall was chosen - it was his cards that appeared in the final version of the film.
Despite this, Dali continued to work on the Tarot deck and only finished it in 1984.. She was accompanied by a book with a guide on the use of maps. The set consists of 78 cards, which depict the plots of ancient and Western art, and sometimes their own paintings. So, the Queen of Cups wears a beard and mustache, Dali himself is depicted in the image of the Magician, and his wife Gala is the Empress, birdinflight notes.