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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... Popol Vuh expresses Maya concepts of good and evil , of defeat and victory . The discovery that the Popol Vuh had direct meaning for the Classic Maya should be no more surprising than Schliemann's discovery that Homer's works record ...
... Popol Vuh expresses Maya concepts of good and evil , of defeat and victory . The discovery that the Popol Vuh had direct meaning for the Classic Maya should be no more surprising than Schliemann's discovery that Homer's works record ...
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... Popol Vuh Hero Twins . These two gods in particular appear in several forms with different visual features and names ; these manifestations are nonetheless aspects of the same deity complex . GI GI , the oldest of the Triad siblings ...
... Popol Vuh Hero Twins . These two gods in particular appear in several forms with different visual features and names ; these manifestations are nonetheless aspects of the same deity complex . GI GI , the oldest of the Triad siblings ...
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... Popol Vuh account of the Hero Twins , see Chap . 6 . 14. Dennis Tedlock , Popol Vuh : The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings ( New York : Simon and Schuster , 1985 ) , p . 121. The ...
... Popol Vuh account of the Hero Twins , see Chap . 6 . 14. Dennis Tedlock , Popol Vuh : The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings ( New York : Simon and Schuster , 1985 ) , p . 121. The ...
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