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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... Headband Twins These twins are always anthropomorphic and are named for the elaborate knotted cloth head- bands they ... headband FIGURE 38 body spots scarf . kin jaguar pelt Hun Ahau God of the Number Nine Headband Twins number tree ...
... Headband Twins These twins are always anthropomorphic and are named for the elaborate knotted cloth head- bands they ... headband FIGURE 38 body spots scarf . kin jaguar pelt Hun Ahau God of the Number Nine Headband Twins number tree ...
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... headbands to hold their long hair away from their faces . Made of leather or cloth , these bands were often mounted ... headband of cylinders and beads ( Fig . I.3f - j ) . These zoomorphic heads usually lacked a lower jaw , so that the ...
... headbands to hold their long hair away from their faces . Made of leather or cloth , these bands were often mounted ... headband of cylinders and beads ( Fig . I.3f - j ) . These zoomorphic heads usually lacked a lower jaw , so that the ...
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... headband is made of jade cylinders with floral devices attached to the front and sides . This headband and his facial features suggest that he is the Celestial Bird , who sits atop the World Tree in Maya cosmology . In her right hand ...
... headband is made of jade cylinders with floral devices attached to the front and sides . This headband and his facial features suggest that he is the Celestial Bird , who sits atop the World Tree in Maya cosmology . In her right hand ...
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