Niki de Saint Phalle The Tarot Garden

The High Priest and the High Priestess, the Magician and Justice, the Sun, Death and the Empress, are together in an enhanted garden, which is almost like a village, immersed in the Mediterranean maquis in southern Tuscany. A Garden inspired by the major arcana of the Tarot, and created by the powerful imagination of a Franco-American artist. "I wanted to give visitors, especially children, a place of Joy, where they could enjoy art and nature together," says Niki de Saint Phalle, who found the ideal setting for her dream - the most important work in her career - in the rolling, green, deserted hills of the Maremma, now populated by her colorful, magical Tarot Garden - or Garden of Delights. This book presents, for the first time, an illustrated account of the creation of this fascinating work, accompanied by essays by friends and art historians.