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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Page 67
... worn on more formal occasions , and together the garments pro- vided a loose - fitting , comfortable costume for Maya women in the hot Lowlands . Both male and female clothing was worn high enough at the waist to cover the navel , a ...
... worn on more formal occasions , and together the garments pro- vided a loose - fitting , comfortable costume for Maya women in the hot Lowlands . Both male and female clothing was worn high enough at the waist to cover the navel , a ...
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... worn by warriors was domed rather than flat on top and did not include a Jester God ( Fig . I.3m ) . Those ear ornaments not mounted on headdress flanges were smaller and exhibited greater variety . Usually made of jade , including jade ...
... worn by warriors was domed rather than flat on top and did not include a Jester God ( Fig . I.3m ) . Those ear ornaments not mounted on headdress flanges were smaller and exhibited greater variety . Usually made of jade , including jade ...
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... worn by the Maya lord are drawn directly from the cosmic program used on architecture in the Late Preclassic period . His Jester God head- band is used on the upper heads at Cerros , and it is worn by contemporary kings from Tikal and ...
... worn by the Maya lord are drawn directly from the cosmic program used on architecture in the Late Preclassic period . His Jester God head- band is used on the upper heads at Cerros , and it is worn by contemporary kings from Tikal and ...
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