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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... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras FIGURE VI.11 South Marker Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Rabbit was captured , a new king was installed at Copan . Quirigua kept 18 Rabbit hostage for many years and may have sacrificed him in a ...
... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras FIGURE VI.11 South Marker Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Rabbit was captured , a new king was installed at Copan . Quirigua kept 18 Rabbit hostage for many years and may have sacrificed him in a ...
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... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , a.d. 731–751 Stone Diam . 74 x 9.5 cm Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia , Tegucigalpa , Honduras The Copan ballcourt , originally constructed between A.D. 500 and ...
... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , a.d. 731–751 Stone Diam . 74 x 9.5 cm Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia , Tegucigalpa , Honduras The Copan ballcourt , originally constructed between A.D. 500 and ...
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... ballcourt as a trophy . Before the head was restored to Hunahpu's body , Xbalanque substituted a pumpkin for his brother's head , and then devised a plan with a rabbit to regain the real head . The scene illustrated on the bottle is the ...
... ballcourt as a trophy . Before the head was restored to Hunahpu's body , Xbalanque substituted a pumpkin for his brother's head , and then devised a plan with a rabbit to regain the real head . The scene illustrated on the bottle is 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