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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... masks were used early , that the rituals incorporating them were widespread , and that masks of the same gods were worn at many different sites . Masks were often depicted cutaway or in X - ray view , revealing profiles of the mask as ...
... masks were used early , that the rituals incorporating them were widespread , and that masks of the same gods were worn at many different sites . Masks were often depicted cutaway or in X - ray view , revealing profiles of the mask as ...
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... mask Late Preclassic or Early Classic period , A.D. 50-300 Jade 23.2 x 15.6 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London From its style , this stunning jade mask can be dated to the last half of the Late Preclassic period or to the ...
... mask Late Preclassic or Early Classic period , A.D. 50-300 Jade 23.2 x 15.6 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London From its style , this stunning jade mask can be dated to the last half of the Late Preclassic period or to the ...
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... mask of a god , he holds the manifested vision over his arms . By a most extraor- dinary coincidence , a mask with almost identical features was given to the British Museum in the late nineteenth century ( Pl . 15 ) . Since it is ...
... mask of a god , he holds the manifested vision over his arms . By a most extraor- dinary coincidence , a mask with almost identical features was given to the British Museum in the late nineteenth century ( Pl . 15 ) . Since it is ...
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