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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Page 36
... Piedras Negras Lintel 2 ( Pl . 40 ) , throne backs , building walls , like the Bonampak paintings ( Pl . 38 ) , or in other formats with a domi- nant horizontal axis . Spatial illusion in two - dimensional art was severely limited , and ...
... Piedras Negras Lintel 2 ( Pl . 40 ) , throne backs , building walls , like the Bonampak paintings ( Pl . 38 ) , or in other formats with a domi- nant horizontal axis . Spatial illusion in two - dimensional art was severely limited , and ...
Page 149
... Piedras Negras . The Yax na : ab glyph at J2 generally indicates some sort of agency , and it might be paraphrased " under the aus- pices of . " The agents here include Chac - Xib - Chac and the Jaguar God of the Underworld from the ...
... Piedras Negras . The Yax na : ab glyph at J2 generally indicates some sort of agency , and it might be paraphrased " under the aus- pices of . " The agents here include Chac - Xib - Chac and the Jaguar God of the Underworld from the ...
Page 219
... Piedras Negras proclaimed itself the victor of a shell / star event against Pomona , a small- er city downriver on the Usumacinta , Stela 12 ( Fig . V.8 ) —a different kind of monu- ment was erected at Piedras Negras and worked in a ...
... Piedras Negras proclaimed itself the victor of a shell / star event against Pomona , a small- er city downriver on the Usumacinta , Stela 12 ( Fig . V.8 ) —a different kind of monu- ment was erected at Piedras Negras and worked in a ...
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