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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... ballplayers as deflectors inserted in the yoke . They may also have functioned as markers of some sort , against which points could have been scored . This ex- tremely beautiful example , carved in the form of a Maya head , is probably ...
... ballplayers as deflectors inserted in the yoke . They may also have functioned as markers of some sort , against which points could have been scored . This ex- tremely beautiful example , carved in the form of a Maya head , is probably ...
Page 255
... ballplayers are shown in front of a tiered structure , rather than in a ballcourt . Two secondary figures kneel behind the central ones , and from their yokes project their elaborate costumes in profile . The principal player to the ...
... ballplayers are shown in front of a tiered structure , rather than in a ballcourt . Two secondary figures kneel behind the central ones , and from their yokes project their elaborate costumes in profile . The principal player to the ...
Page 258
... ballplayers who actively engage in play . However , most of the panels have neither a continuous text nor enough continuous imagery to allow their reconstruction in sequence ( Pl . 104a ) . On the Heye Foundation panel only part of the ...
... ballplayers who actively engage in play . However , most of the panels have neither a continuous text nor enough continuous imagery to allow their reconstruction in sequence ( Pl . 104a ) . On the Heye Foundation panel only part of 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