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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... carved from jade or wood or were mosaics assembled from thin pieces of jade ( Pl . 18 ) . Imagery included important gods and symbols of rulership— principally the jaguar , the Jester God , the Sun God and ahau in its anthropomorphic ...
... carved from jade or wood or were mosaics assembled from thin pieces of jade ( Pl . 18 ) . Imagery included important gods and symbols of rulership— principally the jaguar , the Jester God , the Sun God and ahau in its anthropomorphic ...
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... Carved jade 14 x 14 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London This mottled green jade plaque was apparently transported to Teotihuacan from the Maya area as a prestige item . It appears to have been broken and repolished at least ...
... Carved jade 14 x 14 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London This mottled green jade plaque was apparently transported to Teotihuacan from the Maya area as a prestige item . It appears to have been broken and repolished at least ...
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... carved for two hundred years . In these , a standing ruler was depicted frontally , his face worked in high , nearly three - dimensional , relief , while one or two captives , some- times carved at a slightly smaller scale , knelt at ...
... carved for two hundred years . In these , a standing ruler was depicted frontally , his face worked in high , nearly three - dimensional , relief , while one or two captives , some- times carved at a slightly smaller scale , knelt at ...
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