I'm not sure about the dates of shaved/unshaved, where are you getting that from?EUGIM wrote:If he is not a Bishop,why he is bearded ?
Popes from :
a- 1362 to 1523 : shaved
b- 1523 to 1700 : bearded
c- 23/11/1700 till now : shaved from Clément XI
-The Tarot de Marseille seems to have a medieval,gothic art style,instead of the italians decks prior of it which have a renaissance art style.
Regardless, the images don't have to be contemporary, they may be references to famous people in the past. I have often wondered if the Pope is "supposed" to be Gregory, and the Popess is "supposed" to be Augustine. The images could simply be referring to popes in the past, there is, as far as I can see, no reason to believe they were supposed to be contemporary portraits.
As for the gothic versus renaissance styles in the Tarot de Marseille... I'm not at all convinced that that is a fact. They look like typical woodcuts from their period to me... but that's another topic than the Paris thread, but it is interesting enough that we should continue that discussion in the thread that already exists here:
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