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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... glyphic ( Pl . 1 ) or figural . The most accomplished and innovative artist defined these framing bands as cosmic or architectural elements , as on Piedras Negras Stela 11 ( Fig . II.4 ) . In a tour de force of spatial manipulation ...
... glyphic ( Pl . 1 ) or figural . The most accomplished and innovative artist defined these framing bands as cosmic or architectural elements , as on Piedras Negras Stela 11 ( Fig . II.4 ) . In a tour de force of spatial manipulation ...
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... glyphic and pictorial forms . In his " birth " passage on the Tablet of the Sun at Palenque , he is named in several ways : Ahau- Kin , or " Lord Sun " ; with signs of a torch and a jaguar - covered ahau , or Mah k'ina Tah Balam- Ahau ...
... glyphic and pictorial forms . In his " birth " passage on the Tablet of the Sun at Palenque , he is named in several ways : Ahau- Kin , or " Lord Sun " ; with signs of a torch and a jaguar - covered ahau , or Mah k'ina Tah Balam- Ahau ...
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... glyphic inscriptions , they are designated by their portrait heads or by the glyphs for night and day . Their manifestation of this basic opposition is reflected by the presence of bright , mirror god markings on one and dark markings ...
... glyphic inscriptions , they are designated by their portrait heads or by the glyphs for night and day . Their manifestation of this basic opposition is reflected by the presence of bright , mirror god markings on one and dark markings ...
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