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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... artist was not concerned with creativity and originality as defined by twenti- eth - century critics . The content , the media and the function of art were givens , estab- lished by cultural experience , education , and tradition . The ...
... artist was not concerned with creativity and originality as defined by twenti- eth - century critics . The content , the media and the function of art were givens , estab- lished by cultural experience , education , and tradition . The ...
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... artists used to break them . Most compositions are framed by borders , some plain bands ( Pl . 86 ) , others glyphic ( Pl . 1 ) or figural . The most accomplished and innovative artist defined these framing bands as cosmic or ...
... artists used to break them . Most compositions are framed by borders , some plain bands ( Pl . 86 ) , others glyphic ( Pl . 1 ) or figural . The most accomplished and innovative artist defined these framing bands as cosmic or ...
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... artist did not bring the king and his attendants to a prepared stone or wall to sit for their por- traits . The configurations of imagery were conventions , learned very probably by rote , with training beginning in childhood . Maya artists ...
... artist did not bring the king and his attendants to a prepared stone or wall to sit for their por- traits . The configurations of imagery were conventions , learned very probably by rote , with training beginning in childhood . Maya artists ...
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