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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Page 152
... Person 5 ) , as if to take her hand in his . Persons 1 and 4 , the two ladies , are clearly different individuals , although each lifts her left foot off the ground as though in motion . Person 1 casts her eyes demurely at the lord , while ...
... Person 5 ) , as if to take her hand in his . Persons 1 and 4 , the two ladies , are clearly different individuals , although each lifts her left foot off the ground as though in motion . Person 1 casts her eyes demurely at the lord , while ...
Page 279
... person who is wearing a very early version of the Jester God headband . The sumptuousness of the two earlier graves suggests that they were constructed for very highly ranked individuals ( very probably rulers ) ; the person buried in ...
... person who is wearing a very early version of the Jester God headband . The sumptuousness of the two earlier graves suggests that they were constructed for very highly ranked individuals ( very probably rulers ) ; the person buried in ...
Page 301
... person of the king was also sacred . His clothing reflected more than wealth and prestige : it was a symbolic array identifying rank , ritual context and the sacred person he manifested . Furthermore , supernatural power was focused in ...
... person of the king was also sacred . His clothing reflected more than wealth and prestige : it was a symbolic array identifying rank , ritual context and the sacred person he manifested . Furthermore , supernatural power was focused in ...
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