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 112
... dressed in a sparsely decorated kilt . He sits on a double - headed jaguar bench waiting to take a Drum - major headdress from his mother . This transfer of objects is the critical action . The accession of Chan - Bahlum , Pacal's ...
... dressed in a sparsely decorated kilt . He sits on a double - headed jaguar bench waiting to take a Drum - major headdress from his mother . This transfer of objects is the critical action . The accession of Chan - Bahlum , Pacal's ...
Page 117
... dressed in the full costume of office and carrying the ritual accouterments of kings , displayed himself to the people attending the rite . The ritual dressing and the display rituals seem to have had different audiences : for example ...
... dressed in the full costume of office and carrying the ritual accouterments of kings , displayed himself to the people attending the rite . The ritual dressing and the display rituals seem to have had different audiences : for example ...
Page 224
... Dressed in the sleeveless xicolli , an elaborate feather headdress and a shoulder cape of thick strips , this Jaina warrior stands with his shield , ready to put on a skull mask that would give him the appearance of God A , the skeletal ...
... Dressed in the sleeveless xicolli , an elaborate feather headdress and a shoulder cape of thick strips , this Jaina warrior stands with his shield , ready to put on a skull mask that would give him the appearance of God A , the skeletal ...
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