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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... Underworld . The Twins were conceived when spittle from their father's severed head impregnated an Underworld goddess , who fled from the Underworld to the Middleworld to give birth . Like Hercules , the Hero Twins were demigods whose ...
... Underworld . The Twins were conceived when spittle from their father's severed head impregnated an Underworld goddess , who fled from the Underworld to the Middleworld to give birth . Like Hercules , the Hero Twins were demigods whose ...
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... Underworld , to face the at- tempts of the lords to trap them and bring them to death . Not as wily as the gods , the brothers revealed their own weaknesses before they discovered those of their oppo- nents . The gods won the ballgame ...
... Underworld , to face the at- tempts of the lords to trap them and bring them to death . Not as wily as the gods , the brothers revealed their own weaknesses before they discovered those of their oppo- nents . The gods won the ballgame ...
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... Underworld away from the court and give Xbalanque time to put his brother's head back on his torso . The imagery of this clever substitution was evidently used by artists in Classic times . On a small mold - made bottle now at Leiden ...
... Underworld away from the court and give Xbalanque time to put his brother's head back on his torso . The imagery of this clever substitution was evidently used by artists in Classic times . On a small mold - made bottle now at Leiden ...
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