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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... perhaps El Cayo . Her clothing , typical of Classic Maya women , is com- posed of two garments . The dress is made from a lightweight thin cotton cloth , woven with patterns that indicate her rank and perhaps her family affili- ation or ...
... perhaps El Cayo . Her clothing , typical of Classic Maya women , is com- posed of two garments . The dress is made from a lightweight thin cotton cloth , woven with patterns that indicate her rank and perhaps her family affili- ation or ...
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... perhaps to support a perishable head ornament , but no such headdresses survive . The Heye weaver differs most dramatically from her counterparts in that her upper body is covered with a huipil . The second female type is far more ...
... perhaps to support a perishable head ornament , but no such headdresses survive . The Heye weaver differs most dramatically from her counterparts in that her upper body is covered with a huipil . The second female type is far more ...
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... perhaps along with other offerings , such as rubber ( the chicle resin from which chewing gum is made ) —were placed in large plates , then carried to braziers and burned , creat- ing columns of black smoke . The participants , already ...
... perhaps along with other offerings , such as rubber ( the chicle resin from which chewing gum is made ) —were placed in large plates , then carried to braziers and burned , creat- ing columns of black smoke . The participants , already ...
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