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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Page 175
... bloodletting was basic to the institution of rulership , to the mythology of world order , and to public rituals of all sorts . Through bloodletting the Maya sought a vision they believed to be the manifestation of an ancestor or a god ...
... bloodletting was basic to the institution of rulership , to the mythology of world order , and to public rituals of all sorts . Through bloodletting the Maya sought a vision they believed to be the manifestation of an ancestor or a god ...
Page 182
... bloodletting bowl marked with the kin sun sign that composes the forehead of the Quadripartite Monster identifies it as the sun in its daily passage through all levels of the Maya universe . Here the Vision Serpent rearing out of the ...
... bloodletting bowl marked with the kin sun sign that composes the forehead of the Quadripartite Monster identifies it as the sun in its daily passage through all levels of the Maya universe . Here the Vision Serpent rearing out of the ...
Page 186
... bloodletting . This sacred stingray spine , carved with three bloodletting knots above the han- dle , is made of jade to emphasize its symbolic status . PLATE 61 Carved bone Late Classic period , A.D. 600-800 Bone 34.2 x 7.5 x 2 cm ...
... bloodletting . This sacred stingray spine , carved with three bloodletting knots above the han- dle , is made of jade to emphasize its symbolic status . PLATE 61 Carved bone Late Classic period , A.D. 600-800 Bone 34.2 x 7.5 x 2 cm ...
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