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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... blood , which indicates that the vision comes from blood . When the personified feather fan symbol of blood is absent , the Vision Serpent rears up from a blood scroll instead . blood and jaguar pelt headdress tail a ancestor personified ...
... blood , which indicates that the vision comes from blood . When the personified feather fan symbol of blood is absent , the Vision Serpent rears up from a blood scroll instead . blood and jaguar pelt headdress tail a ancestor personified ...
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... blood blood scrolls C personification head Blood Blood was represented in numerous ways ( Fig . 29 ) , but it is commonly indicated by a scroll- shaped form outlined with a contour of beads ( Fig . 29d , e ) . Often the glyphs for the ...
... blood blood scrolls C personification head Blood Blood was represented in numerous ways ( Fig . 29 ) , but it is commonly indicated by a scroll- shaped form outlined with a contour of beads ( Fig . 29d , e ) . Often the glyphs for the ...
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... blood scrolls ; thus , the me- dium of the action is blood . The lower half of the main image is a split representation of the gaping Maw of the Under- world ( Pl . 111c ) . Joined at the chin , two huge skel- etal dragons form a U ...
... blood scrolls ; thus , the me- dium of the action is blood . The lower half of the main image is a split representation of the gaping Maw of the Under- world ( Pl . 111c ) . Joined at the chin , two huge skel- etal dragons form a U ...
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