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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... Dresden Codex , the Madrid Codex , the Paris Codex and the Grolier Codex ? —record astronomical and calendric information and were very prob- ably used to time events in the ritual life of the Maya . All four date from the Postclassic ...
... Dresden Codex , the Madrid Codex , the Paris Codex and the Grolier Codex ? —record astronomical and calendric information and were very prob- ably used to time events in the ritual life of the Maya . All four date from the Postclassic ...
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... Dresden Codex to record a cenote , or sinkhole , and other bodies of water follows the verb . Here it is preceded by a sign for the color black . In the scene , Chac - Xib - Chac rises from a body of water painted in a black line . The ...
... Dresden Codex to record a cenote , or sinkhole , and other bodies of water follows the verb . Here it is preceded by a sign for the color black . In the scene , Chac - Xib - Chac rises from a body of water painted in a black line . The ...
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... Dresden Codex , used by the Maya to follow the stations of Venus through five - year periods and to predict eclipses , had been worked out ; and other calendric portions of the three Maya books then known - the Dresden , Madrid and Paris ...
... Dresden Codex , used by the Maya to follow the stations of Venus through five - year periods and to predict eclipses , had been worked out ; and other calendric portions of the three Maya books then known - the Dresden , Madrid and Paris ...
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