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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... associated with an early phase of construction in Mound D. Found near the center of the mound at the top of a well - preserved plastered stairway , the grave contained potsherds , teeth and other skeletal fragments , a pendant and four ...
... associated with an early phase of construction in Mound D. Found near the center of the mound at the top of a well - preserved plastered stairway , the grave contained potsherds , teeth and other skeletal fragments , a pendant and four ...
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... associated with making cloth . At times she appears as a demure , young weaver ; at other times , she is a sexy , comely courtesan associated with spinning . The elegantly dressed figurine of a woman working on a backstrap loom ( Plate ...
... associated with making cloth . At times she appears as a demure , young weaver ; at other times , she is a sexy , comely courtesan associated with spinning . The elegantly dressed figurine of a woman working on a backstrap loom ( Plate ...
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... associated with the setting of the sun . In its most typical form , however , the Quadripartite Monster is attached to the rear of the crocodilian Celestial Monster as it follows its daily path of movement across the sky ( Fig . 28 ) ...
... associated with the setting of the sun . In its most typical form , however , the Quadripartite Monster is attached to the rear of the crocodilian Celestial Monster as it follows its daily path of movement across the sky ( Fig . 28 ) ...
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