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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... Hero Twins and the legendary origins and history of the Quiche Maya , one of the groups that dominated the ... Hero Twins , Hunahpu and Xbalanque , are told , although not in chronological sequence . In Part Two , the Hero Twins defeat ...
... Hero Twins and the legendary origins and history of the Quiche Maya , one of the groups that dominated the ... Hero Twins , Hunahpu and Xbalanque , are told , although not in chronological sequence . In Part Two , the Hero Twins defeat ...
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... Twins are also at the heart of the Popol Vuh . The Hero Twins are half brothers to the twins Hun - Batz and Hun - Chuen , and in the Underworld , they actively contest the paired deities One - Death and Seven - Death . Twins of various ...
... Twins are also at the heart of the Popol Vuh . The Hero Twins are half brothers to the twins Hun - Batz and Hun - Chuen , and in the Underworld , they actively contest the paired deities One - Death and Seven - Death . Twins of various ...
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... Hero Twins , this interior world was forbidden . One day , when the Hero Twins returned home without any wild game , the old grandmother angrily demanded to know why . When the Twins explained that they needed the help of their older ...
... Hero Twins , this interior world was forbidden . One day , when the Hero Twins returned home without any wild game , the old grandmother angrily demanded to know why . When the Twins explained that they needed the help of their older ...
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