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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... masks were used early , that the rituals incorporating them were widespread , and that masks of the same gods were worn at many different sites . Masks were often depicted cutaway or in X - ray view , revealing profiles of the mask as ...
... masks were used early , that the rituals incorporating them were widespread , and that masks of the same gods were worn at many different sites . Masks were often depicted cutaway or in X - ray view , revealing profiles of the mask as ...
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... mask Late Preclassic or Early Classic period , A.D. 50-300 Jade 23.2 x 15.6 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London From its style , this stunning jade mask can be dated to the last half of the Late Preclassic period or to the ...
... mask Late Preclassic or Early Classic period , A.D. 50-300 Jade 23.2 x 15.6 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London From its style , this stunning jade mask can be dated to the last half of the Late Preclassic period or to the ...
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... mask was sewn to the top of the bundle . The small mask is the portrait of a historical person who is wearing a very early version of the Jester God headband . The sumptuousness of the two earlier graves suggests that they were ...
... mask was sewn to the top of the bundle . The small mask is the portrait of a historical person who is wearing a very early version of the Jester God headband . The sumptuousness of the two earlier graves suggests that they were ...
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