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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... artist was not concerned with creativity and originality as defined by twenti- eth - century critics . The content , the media and the function of art were givens , estab- lished by cultural experience , education , and tradition . The ...
... artist was not concerned with creativity and originality as defined by twenti- eth - century critics . The content , the media and the function of art were givens , estab- lished by cultural experience , education , and tradition . The ...
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... artists used to break them . Most compositions are framed by borders , some plain bands ( Pl . 86 ) , others glyphic ( Pl . 1 ) or figural . The most accomplished and innovative artist defined these framing bands as cosmic or ...
... artists used to break them . Most compositions are framed by borders , some plain bands ( Pl . 86 ) , others glyphic ( Pl . 1 ) or figural . The most accomplished and innovative artist defined these framing bands as cosmic or ...
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... artist did not bring the king and his attendants to a prepared stone or wall to sit for their por- traits . The configurations of imagery were conventions , learned very probably by rote , with training beginning in childhood . Maya artists ...
... artist did not bring the king and his attendants to a prepared stone or wall to sit for their por- traits . The configurations of imagery were conventions , learned very probably by rote , with training beginning in childhood . Maya artists ...
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