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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Page 104
... Olmec symbols ( Pl . 28 , 29 , 30 ) . The occurrence of similar pots with Olmec designs in many other less richly fur- nished graves at Copan from the same period suggests that they were produced and used locally . Thus , this use of Olmec ...
... Olmec symbols ( Pl . 28 , 29 , 30 ) . The occurrence of similar pots with Olmec designs in many other less richly fur- nished graves at Copan from the same period suggests that they were produced and used locally . Thus , this use of Olmec ...
Page 107
... Olmec objects because they established precedent for royal authority . One such object , from the British Museum , is a stunning rendition of an Olmec face and an individualized portrait ( Pl . 31 ) . The style of this jade mask is ...
... Olmec objects because they established precedent for royal authority . One such object , from the British Museum , is a stunning rendition of an Olmec face and an individualized portrait ( Pl . 31 ) . The style of this jade mask is ...
Page 119
... Olmec flame design Burial VIII - 27 , Copan , Honduras Middle Preclassic period , 800-600 B.C. Incised ceramic ( red clay ) Diam . 11.5 x H. 6 cm Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia , Tegucigalpa , Honduras PLATE 29 ...
... Olmec flame design Burial VIII - 27 , Copan , Honduras Middle Preclassic period , 800-600 B.C. Incised ceramic ( red clay ) Diam . 11.5 x H. 6 cm Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia , Tegucigalpa , Honduras PLATE 29 ...
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