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 36
... Piedras Negras Lintel 2 ( Pl . 40 ) , throne backs , building walls , like the Bonampak paintings ( Pl . 38 ) , or in other formats with a domi- nant horizontal axis . Spatial illusion in two - dimensional art was severely limited , and ...
... Piedras Negras Lintel 2 ( Pl . 40 ) , throne backs , building walls , like the Bonampak paintings ( Pl . 38 ) , or in other formats with a domi- nant horizontal axis . Spatial illusion in two - dimensional art was severely limited , and ...
Page 149
... Piedras Negras . The Yax na : ab glyph at J2 generally indicates some sort of agency , and it might be paraphrased " under the aus- pices of . " The agents here include Chac - Xib - Chac and the Jaguar God of the Underworld from the ...
... Piedras Negras . The Yax na : ab glyph at J2 generally indicates some sort of agency , and it might be paraphrased " under the aus- pices of . " The agents here include Chac - Xib - Chac and the Jaguar God of the Underworld from the ...
Page 219
... Piedras Negras proclaimed itself the victor of a shell / star event against Pomona , a small- er city downriver on the Usumacinta , Stela 12 ( Fig . V.8 ) —a different kind of monu- ment — was erected at Piedras Negras and worked in a ...
... Piedras Negras proclaimed itself the victor of a shell / star event against Pomona , a small- er city downriver on the Usumacinta , Stela 12 ( Fig . V.8 ) —a different kind of monu- ment — was erected at Piedras Negras and worked in a ...
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