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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... mouth of the Double - headed Serpent Bar , a scepter carried by rulers . They are also the miniature gods who float ... mouths of toothless old men , and both wear string knots on their belts . Many of the other twins described here wear ...
... mouth of the Double - headed Serpent Bar , a scepter carried by rulers . They are also the miniature gods who float ... mouths of toothless old men , and both wear string knots on their belts . Many of the other twins described here wear ...
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... mouth may identify it as God GI of the Palenque Triad . The fourth glyph is a zoomorphic head , identified as a bird by the feathers in the upper rear corner ; a second bird with a longer beak emerges from its mouth . The fifth glyph is ...
... mouth may identify it as God GI of the Palenque Triad . The fourth glyph is a zoomorphic head , identified as a bird by the feathers in the upper rear corner ; a second bird with a longer beak emerges from its mouth . The fifth glyph is ...
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... mouth . This jade mask is virtually identical to the one depicted on the Hauberg Stela ( Pl . 66 ) , dated to A.D. ... mouth . Delicately incised lines delineate the eyebrows ; other such lines are incised on the nose to indicate face ...
... mouth . This jade mask is virtually identical to the one depicted on the Hauberg Stela ( Pl . 66 ) , dated to A.D. ... mouth . Delicately incised lines delineate the eyebrows ; other such lines are incised on the nose to indicate face ...
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