This document summarizes an artistic and magical park called "Il Giardino dei Tarrochi" located in Tuscany, Italy. It was created by artist Niki de Saint Phalle and features 22 monumental sculptures inspired by themes like human rights, justice, good and evil, death and life. Saint Phalle was interested in Gaudi's architectural works and decided to create her own using ceramics. The park took 20 years to complete and required a large team of ceramists. It has become a popular tourist destination known for its splendid colors and ability to make visitors feel like children.

1. THE TAROT’S GARDEN
© Sybille IMBERT
October 2011

2. Did you know this place ?
What about Piombino ?
Capalbio ?
Perhaps no !
I present you an artistic and magic
park.

3. Where ? in Tuscany

4. An artistic and
magic park with 22
monumental
sculptures.

5. « IL GIARDINO DEI TARROCHI »
Crédit photos : nikidesaintphalle.com

6. Crédit photos : @sybilleIMBERT

7. These artistic works are
inspired by the human rights,
justice, The good and the evil,
death and life, the wheel of the
fortune and esoteric cards
Crédit photos : @sybilleIMBERT

8. The artist
is
Niki de
Saint
Phalle
Crédit photos : nikidesaintphalle.com 2011

9. She was so interested in
Gaudi’s works in
Barcelona that she
decided to realize a
personal work with
architecture and ceramic
technics.

10. A few reasons to talk
about this place :
Crédit photos : @sybilleIMBERT

11. All people who visit this park, return
in childhood.
Men and women takes pictures in
little mirrors of the sculpture ;
They laugh and play like children.
Crédit photos : @sybilleIMBERT

12. The
second
reason is
the
splendid
colors of
the
ceramics.
Crédit photos : capalbio.it

13. She named the park :
“ the artistic work of my life”
because the creation of this park
lasted twenty years and required
many ceramists.

14. Financial because she wanted to
finance alone this big project.
she had Jean Tinguely, her second
husband as an artist too, but she
refused most of his financial help.
IT WAS ALSO FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL
QUESTIONS TO FINISH THE PARC.

15. Social questions
because it was a big
ceramist team, and a
factory had been built
near the village, so she
was afraid to lost the
“precious hands”.

16. A new destination for your holidays ?
Some links :
www.nikidesaintphalle.com/
www.capalbio.it /
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