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 71
... belt was also often decorated with skyband symbols and mat signs . A head , usually made of jade mosaic , was fixed to the front of the belt , and such heads were often placed at the sides as well . They most often depicted the human ...
... belt was also often decorated with skyband symbols and mat signs . A head , usually made of jade mosaic , was fixed to the front of the belt , and such heads were often placed at the sides as well . They most often depicted the human ...
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... belt , and a double strand of yellow shells hangs below . This represen- tation of the royal belt is the only one to have sur- vived from the Classic period with its color intact . Under the belt , the king wears a stiff , knee - length ...
... belt , and a double strand of yellow shells hangs below . This represen- tation of the royal belt is the only one to have sur- vived from the Classic period with its color intact . Under the belt , the king wears a stiff , knee - length ...
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... belt over a knee length cloth skirt . His loincloth is draped to his rear along the ground . Jade ornaments are tied around his upper arms and wrists , and he wears a heavy jade necklace of cylinders and beads . His headdress , critical ...
... belt over a knee length cloth skirt . His loincloth is draped to his rear along the ground . Jade ornaments are tied around his upper arms and wrists , and he wears a heavy jade necklace of cylinders and beads . His headdress , critical ...
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