Blood of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya ArtWW Norton, 1986 - 335 pages "[A] work as remarkable for its text as for the photographs and drawings that illustrate it."—Octavio Paz, The New York Review of Books A comprehensive guide to the Maya which reveals kingship rites, ritual warfare, with a vast array of color plates and drawings. |
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... Celestial Monster The Celestial Monster , sometimes also called the Bicephalic Monster or the Cosmic Monster , has two heads and a single body ( Fig . 22 ) . The body may be rendered as crocodilian or by a band of symbols , most ...
... Celestial Monster The Celestial Monster , sometimes also called the Bicephalic Monster or the Cosmic Monster , has two heads and a single body ( Fig . 22 ) . The body may be rendered as crocodilian or by a band of symbols , most ...
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... Celestial Monster bloody cloth ladder scaffolding blood stream earth band FIGURE II.4 Stela 11 sacrificial victim on altar Piedras Negras , Guatemala Late Classic period , A.D. 731 Celestial Monster blood stream Stela 11 , dedicated at ...
... Celestial Monster bloody cloth ladder scaffolding blood stream earth band FIGURE II.4 Stela 11 sacrificial victim on altar Piedras Negras , Guatemala Late Classic period , A.D. 731 Celestial Monster blood stream Stela 11 , dedicated at ...
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... Celestial Monster , into the Underworld . On the sarcophagus lid in Pacal's tomb in the Temple of Inscriptions , only the Quad- ripartite Monster is seen under the dead king , because the rest of the Celestial Monster is already inside ...
... Celestial Monster , into the Underworld . On the sarcophagus lid in Pacal's tomb in the Temple of Inscriptions , only the Quad- ripartite Monster is seen under the dead king , because the rest of the Celestial Monster is already inside ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 6 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Aucun aperçu disponible - 1986 |
Blood of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Aucun aperçu disponible - 2000 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume Cylindrical vessel death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine front glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowland maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments moon Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel Pauahtun pectoral personified Piedras Negras Pilas PLATE Popol Vuh portrait recorded rite ritual ruler sacrifice scene scribes sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic