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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... portraits found at Palenque , the most famous is one of Pacal from his burial tomb in the Temple of Inscriptions . His ... portrait reveals the artist's excellent understanding of facial anatomy and rivals Roman portraiture in its power ...
... portraits found at Palenque , the most famous is one of Pacal from his burial tomb in the Temple of Inscriptions . His ... portrait reveals the artist's excellent understanding of facial anatomy and rivals Roman portraiture in its power ...
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... portrait image . On Early Classic stelae at Tikal , various images are shown floating in the top portion of these ... portrait on our trumpet ( Fig . I.6 ) . The occurrence of this symbol with both images suggests that the portrait on ...
... portrait image . On Early Classic stelae at Tikal , various images are shown floating in the top portion of these ... portrait on our trumpet ( Fig . I.6 ) . The occurrence of this symbol with both images suggests that the portrait on ...
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... portrait ( Pl . 31 ) . The style of this jade mask is clearly Olmec and would have been recognized as such by the Maya . It is possible that the identity of the portrait was still remembered in Maya times , but more likely the person ...
... portrait ( Pl . 31 ) . The style of this jade mask is clearly Olmec and would have been recognized as such by the Maya . It is possible that the identity of the portrait was still remembered in Maya times , but more likely the person ...
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