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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... depicts a self - confident , serious man whose strong features are set with the dignity of his rank and responsibility ... depicted with large thighs and buttocks that have earned him the affectionate nickname Old Thunder Thighs among ...
... depicts a self - confident , serious man whose strong features are set with the dignity of his rank and responsibility ... depicted with large thighs and buttocks that have earned him the affectionate nickname Old Thunder Thighs among ...
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... depiction of the king mounting a scaffold to assume the throne . 12 The ritual depicted is the cul- mination of the sacrificial rites shown at their beginning on the Leiden Plaque and at an intermediate stage on a pot from the Chicago ...
... depiction of the king mounting a scaffold to assume the throne . 12 The ritual depicted is the cul- mination of the sacrificial rites shown at their beginning on the Leiden Plaque and at an intermediate stage on a pot from the Chicago ...
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... depicted still wearing the emblem of kings , the Jester God headband . The Kan - Xul panel is most striking for its style , which is different from that of earlier stone monuments at Tonina . Typical Tonina carvings are generally worked ...
... depicted still wearing the emblem of kings , the Jester God headband . The Kan - Xul panel is most striking for its style , which is different from that of earlier stone monuments at Tonina . Typical Tonina carvings are generally worked ...
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