Art Pack

There are two "Art Pack" products that we are familiar with, the first being a deck of cards featuring artwork of the masters, and published by Piatnik of Austria. 

The Art-Pack celebrates the genius of the world's greatest painters, from Michelangelo to Monet. The 54 MASTERPIECES on the face of the cards on this beautiful collector's pack offer a unique introduction to WESTERN PAINTING, and will enliven every card game. The GREAT PAINTING features on these Playing Cards belong to the world's finest public collections and museums. The superb photographic archive of The Bridgeman Art Library in London has made these faithful reproductions possible. Including Van Dick, Botticelli, Rousseau, Lawrence, Ingres, Murillo, Rubens, Rembrandt and More. Size: 63 x 88mm.

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The second is "The Art Pack," which is a book-like product filled with pop-ups, pullouts, and mobiles, intended to be a way to experience artists' use of color, line, composition, perspective, and optics.

According to the publisher, with The Art Pack you can:

Examine a three-dimensional model of an artist's studio painted by Vermeer
See for yourself how an artist solves problems of perspective by using a replica of Alberti's veil and a pop-up viewer

Break up light with a camera obscura and a filtered Claude glass

Study the combinations of colors that produce shades and tones, by manipulating a real color wheel

Hear (on audiocassette) why the world considers great paintings masterpieces, and see them reproduced in full color
 

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Some - but not all - Piatnik playing cards are offered for sale in the United States via Amazon's website; for a list of those available, click here.

You can also visit our Playing Cards Bookstore.