The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya ArtKimbell Art Museum, 1986 - 335 pages An illustrated study of the Maya civilization, drawing from interpretations of the texts embedded in pictorial scenes or carved on stone tablets to provide the meaning of the art and architecture of the ancient culture. |
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... accession . king with his parents seated beside him , was exploited at Palenque beginning around A.D. 650 . The Oval Palace Tablet , Pacal's accession monument at Palenque ( Fig . II.5 ) , shows him dressed in a sparsely decorated kilt ...
... accession . king with his parents seated beside him , was exploited at Palenque beginning around A.D. 650 . The Oval Palace Tablet , Pacal's accession monument at Palenque ( Fig . II.5 ) , shows him dressed in a sparsely decorated kilt ...
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... accession ; the running text under the fig- ures appears to be a record of a ritual that other texts associate with both Yax - Pac's accession and the first appearance of Evening Star recorded in the west corridor . The nineteen figures ...
... accession ; the running text under the fig- ures appears to be a record of a ritual that other texts associate with both Yax - Pac's accession and the first appearance of Evening Star recorded in the west corridor . The nineteen figures ...
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... accession on 9.16.1.0.0 , or May 3 , A.D. 752 ( this text was carved by a hand distinct from the master who carved the scene above ) . Stela 11 was commissioned by Bird Jaguar from the master responsible for Lin- tels 24 , 25 and 26 ...
... accession on 9.16.1.0.0 , or May 3 , A.D. 752 ( this text was carved by a hand distinct from the master who carved the scene above ) . Stela 11 was commissioned by Bird Jaguar from the master responsible for Lin- tels 24 , 25 and 26 ...
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 Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar blood bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine Floyd Lounsbury 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 Lowlands 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 scroll sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic