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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... recorded on one monument , for example , may reveal how the artistic style from the site of the defeated reshaped or influenced the artistic tradi- tion of the victors . The surviving glyphic repertory of Classic - period Maya ...
... recorded on one monument , for example , may reveal how the artistic style from the site of the defeated reshaped or influenced the artistic tradi- tion of the victors . The surviving glyphic repertory of Classic - period Maya ...
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... recorded in the interior . Yax - Pac conducted the rit- uals that preserved world order at the four doors of the Temple and the reviewing stand in front of the north door . FIGURE II . 10 Plan of the interior , Temple 11 Copan ...
... recorded in the interior . Yax - Pac conducted the rit- uals that preserved world order at the four doors of the Temple and the reviewing stand in front of the north door . FIGURE II . 10 Plan of the interior , Temple 11 Copan ...
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... recorded in Bishop Diego de Landa's report , " Relación de las cosas de Yucatan " ( Fig . A1 ) .3 The Haab , also called the Vague Year , because it is a quarter of a day , or about six hours , short of a solar year , is composed of 365 ...
... recorded in Bishop Diego de Landa's report , " Relación de las cosas de Yucatan " ( Fig . A1 ) .3 The Haab , also called the Vague Year , because it is a quarter of a day , or about six hours , short of a solar year , is composed of 365 ...
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