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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... bloodletting was basic to the institution of rulership , to the mythology of world order , and to public rituals of all sorts . Through bloodletting the Maya sought a vision they believed to be the manifestation of an ancestor or a god ...
... bloodletting was basic to the institution of rulership , to the mythology of world order , and to public rituals of all sorts . Through bloodletting the Maya sought a vision they believed to be the manifestation of an ancestor or a god ...
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... bloodletting bowl marked with the kin sun sign that composes the forehead of the Quadripartite Monster identifies it as the sun in its daily passage through all levels of the Maya universe . Here the Vision Serpent rearing out of the ...
... bloodletting bowl marked with the kin sun sign that composes the forehead of the Quadripartite Monster identifies it as the sun in its daily passage through all levels of the Maya universe . Here the Vision Serpent rearing out of the ...
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... bloodletting . This sacred stingray spine , carved with three bloodletting knots above the han- dle , is made of jade to emphasize its symbolic status . PLATE 61 Carved bone Late Classic period , A.D. 600-800 Bone 34.2 x 7.5 x 2 cm ...
... bloodletting . This sacred stingray spine , carved with three bloodletting knots above the han- dle , is made of jade to emphasize its symbolic status . PLATE 61 Carved bone Late Classic period , A.D. 600-800 Bone 34.2 x 7.5 x 2 cm ...
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