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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... GODS The Jester God The Jester God , named for the resemblance of his tri - pointed forehead to the cap of medieval court jesters , is an emblem of royalty rather than an actor ( Fig . 43 ) . The image is ... God MAYA GODS AND ICONS 53.
... GODS The Jester God The Jester God , named for the resemblance of his tri - pointed forehead to the cap of medieval court jesters , is an emblem of royalty rather than an actor ( Fig . 43 ) . The image is ... God MAYA GODS AND ICONS 53.
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... God of the Number Zero muan feather headdress cigarette Death Gods FIGURE 45 Muan Bird muan feather headdress his eyes . Akbal , the glyph for " night and darkness , " covers his forehead , marking him as a creature of the night . The ...
... God of the Number Zero muan feather headdress cigarette Death Gods FIGURE 45 Muan Bird muan feather headdress his eyes . Akbal , the glyph for " night and darkness , " covers his forehead , marking him as a creature of the night . The ...
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... gods wrapped in blood scrolls - float around his head . Some of these floating gods are pres- ently unidentified , although the principal ones are the two Paddler Gods . That the scrolls surrounding the gods are blood seems certain ...
... gods wrapped in blood scrolls - float around his head . Some of these floating gods are pres- ently unidentified , although the principal ones are the two Paddler Gods . That the scrolls surrounding the gods are blood seems certain ...
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