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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... drawing b . Nineteenth - century drawing by b . Annie Hunter for Alfred P. Maudslay a . Judging from the sculptures and mural paintings at Chichen Itza , this change from south to north seems to have been a change from a peaceful to a ...
... drawing b . Nineteenth - century drawing by b . Annie Hunter for Alfred P. Maudslay a . Judging from the sculptures and mural paintings at Chichen Itza , this change from south to north seems to have been a change from a peaceful to a ...
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... drawing was applied in black paint by a master callig- rapher . Lines in the drawing are about one - eighth of an inch thick and of relatively even width throughout . The artist pulled long , flowing strokes , some of them continu- ous ...
... drawing was applied in black paint by a master callig- rapher . Lines in the drawing are about one - eighth of an inch thick and of relatively even width throughout . The artist pulled long , flowing strokes , some of them continu- ous ...
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... drawing only as a guide , since the sculptor was a master in his own right and finished the final surface according to his own sense of aesthetics . Since most Maya draftsmanship was freehand drawing , accuracy , especially in ...
... drawing only as a guide , since the sculptor was a master in his own right and finished the final surface according to his own sense of aesthetics . Since most Maya draftsmanship was freehand drawing , accuracy , especially in ...
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