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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... Death Gods The Maya cosmos was populated by a plethora of death gods , each with its particular name and attributes . The principal of these was designated God A ( Fig . 45a ) . His face has skeletal fea- tures , his limbs are thin and ...
... Death Gods The Maya cosmos was populated by a plethora of death gods , each with its particular name and attributes . The principal of these was designated God A ( Fig . 45a ) . His face has skeletal fea- tures , his limbs are thin and ...
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... Death . Pacal carried this symbolic interpretation of his death over into the placement of the Temple of Inscriptions within the sacred precinct at Palenque . The temple was built just off the southwest corner of the Palace , a complex ...
... Death . Pacal carried this symbolic interpretation of his death over into the placement of the Temple of Inscriptions within the sacred precinct at Palenque . The temple was built just off the southwest corner of the Palace , a complex ...
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... death called the soul to Xibalba , where it faced a series of trials and competitions with the Lords of Death . If defeated , the soul faced eternal extinction and burial in the evil - smelling world of Xibalba . The journey into the ...
... death called the soul to Xibalba , where it faced a series of trials and competitions with the Lords of Death . If defeated , the soul faced eternal extinction and burial in the evil - smelling world of Xibalba . The journey into the ...
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