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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... Maya had been contemporaries of the Aztecs . Basing his views on their art and inscrip- tions , Stephens believed that Maya civilization was independent of other Mesoamerican cultures ; he did assume that they shared what we would call ...
... Maya had been contemporaries of the Aztecs . Basing his views on their art and inscrip- tions , Stephens believed that Maya civilization was independent of other Mesoamerican cultures ; he did assume that they shared what we would call ...
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... Maya glyphs and art . Although it focused on the inscriptions at Piedras Negras , her work showed beyond a doubt ... civilization emerge ? For most of the century , and because of observation of the modern Maya , the notion of small ...
... Maya glyphs and art . Although it focused on the inscriptions at Piedras Negras , her work showed beyond a doubt ... civilization emerge ? For most of the century , and because of observation of the modern Maya , the notion of small ...
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... Maya civilization was in place by 100 B.C. The origins of Classic Maya civilization are now shown to conform chronologically to the rest of Mesoamerica , and are confirmed to be contemporary with developments in central Mexico and ...
... Maya civilization was in place by 100 B.C. The origins of Classic Maya civilization are now shown to conform chronologically to the rest of Mesoamerica , and are confirmed to be contemporary with developments in central Mexico and ...
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