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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... painted with clay slips and mineral pigments . Plaster grounds were used as paint bases on pottery vessels , as well as on walls and in books . Plaster artisans used mold casting , additive techniques and subtractive modeling . Usu ...
... painted with clay slips and mineral pigments . Plaster grounds were used as paint bases on pottery vessels , as well as on walls and in books . Plaster artisans used mold casting , additive techniques and subtractive modeling . Usu ...
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... paintings have flaked from the walls . Its record survives largely on small objects , such as painted vessels and small sculptures . This evidence , buttressed by some dramatic remains , such as the murals at Bonampak , allows us to ...
... paintings have flaked from the walls . Its record survives largely on small objects , such as painted vessels and small sculptures . This evidence , buttressed by some dramatic remains , such as the murals at Bonampak , allows us to ...
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... Painted by one of the finest Maya painters , this pot is one of a series depicting events in the life of a lord nicknamed the Fat Cacique . While one of the col- ors has disappeared because of chemical instability , considerable detail ...
... Painted by one of the finest Maya painters , this pot is one of a series depicting events in the life of a lord nicknamed the Fat Cacique . While one of the col- ors has disappeared because of chemical instability , considerable detail ...
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