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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1) and Uaxactun as early as 1 50 B.C. Earlier societies in Mesoamerica had
experimented with architectural sculpture, but the medium was stone, the
technique shallow relief and the impact limited. Because the first successful Maya
...
1) and Uaxactun as early as 1 50 B.C. Earlier societies in Mesoamerica had
experimented with architectural sculpture, but the medium was stone, the
technique shallow relief and the impact limited. Because the first successful Maya
...
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86) uses this architectural device, but the most extraordinary examples, snowing
the most complex architectural configurations, are found on Piedras Negras Stela
12 (Fig. V.8) and in the compositions of murals in Room 2 (Fig. V.6) and Room ...
86) uses this architectural device, but the most extraordinary examples, snowing
the most complex architectural configurations, are found on Piedras Negras Stela
12 (Fig. V.8) and in the compositions of murals in Room 2 (Fig. V.6) and Room ...
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Although at Palenque, Bonampak and elsewhere, maize and vegetation grows
from the forehead depression, the Cauac Monster is identified fundamentally with
stone and things stony. He is both the cave and the architectural opening into the
...
Although at Palenque, Bonampak and elsewhere, maize and vegetation grows
from the forehead depression, the Cauac Monster is identified fundamentally with
stone and things stony. He is both the cave and the architectural opening into the
...
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Table des matières
Foreword Emily Sano ix | 1 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum 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 artist 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 Cylindrical vessel death depicted Dresden Codex dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine Floyd Lounsbury glyph glyphic gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery incised inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Lintel Long Count lord Lowlands maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel 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 warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art |
| Auteurs | Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller, Justin Kerr, Kimbell Art Museum |
| Photos de | Mary Ellen Miller, Justin Kerr |
| Édition | 2, illustrée, réimprimée |
| Éditeur | Kimbell Art Museum, 1986 |
| Original provenant de | Université du Texas |
| Numérisé | 21 juil. 2008 |
| ISBN | 080761159X, 9780807611593 |
| Longueur | 335 pages |
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