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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... Dresden Codex , the Madrid Codex , the Paris Codex and the Grolier Codex2 - record astronomical and calendric information and were very prob- ably used to time events in the ritual life of the Maya . All four date from the Postclassic ...
... Dresden Codex , the Madrid Codex , the Paris Codex and the Grolier Codex2 - record astronomical and calendric information and were very prob- ably used to time events in the ritual life of the Maya . All four date from the Postclassic ...
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... Dresden Codex ( page 3 ) also has this distinctive shape . Furthermore , the sap of this tree is a deep red . Therefore , the use of blood symbols on the branches and trunk of the World Tree on the sarcophagus may be based on more than ...
... Dresden Codex ( page 3 ) also has this distinctive shape . Furthermore , the sap of this tree is a deep red . Therefore , the use of blood symbols on the branches and trunk of the World Tree on the sarcophagus may be based on more than ...
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... Dresden Codex to record a cenote , or sinkhole , and other bodies of water follows the verb . Here it is preceded by a sign for the color black . In the scene , Chac - Xib - Chac rises from a body of water painted in a black line . The ...
... Dresden Codex to record a cenote , or sinkhole , and other bodies of water follows the verb . Here it is preceded by a sign for the color black . In the scene , Chac - Xib - Chac rises from a body of water painted in a black line . The ...
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