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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... Lintel 16 , then flanking it on the left with the vision scene ( Lintel 15 ) and on the right with the bloodletting scene ( Lintel 17 ) . The capture re- corded in Lintel 16 occurred only eight days before the bloodletting depicted on ...
... Lintel 16 , then flanking it on the left with the vision scene ( Lintel 15 ) and on the right with the bloodletting scene ( Lintel 17 ) . The capture re- corded in Lintel 16 occurred only eight days before the bloodletting depicted on ...
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... Lintel 26 ( Fig . V.2 ) , one of his wives helps Shield Jaguar dress for battle on 9.14.12.6.12 , or February 12 , A.D. 724. Like a Maya Penelope dressing a departing Ulysses , she hands him a flexible shield of woven mat and a water ...
... Lintel 26 ( Fig . V.2 ) , one of his wives helps Shield Jaguar dress for battle on 9.14.12.6.12 , or February 12 , A.D. 724. Like a Maya Penelope dressing a departing Ulysses , she hands him a flexible shield of woven mat and a water ...
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... Lintel 26 at Yaxchilan ( Fig . V.2 ) . Plate 78 Lintel 41 Yaxchilan , Chiapas , Mexico Late Classic period , ca. A.D. 760 Limestone 60.5 x 94.6 x 10.1 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London Bird Jaguar dressed for battle on 9.16 ...
... Lintel 26 at Yaxchilan ( Fig . V.2 ) . Plate 78 Lintel 41 Yaxchilan , Chiapas , Mexico Late Classic period , ca. A.D. 760 Limestone 60.5 x 94.6 x 10.1 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London Bird Jaguar dressed for battle on 9.16 ...
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