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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... scene is underscored by the text and framed by the parasols that reach from the lower register . In the second scene , the principal lords of Bonampak , including Chaan - muan , dress for a celebration held 336 days after the first scene ...
... scene is underscored by the text and framed by the parasols that reach from the lower register . In the second scene , the principal lords of Bonampak , including Chaan - muan , dress for a celebration held 336 days after the first scene ...
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... scenes commissioned by his father ; however , he ordered the scenes differently by cen- tering the war scene on Lintel 16 , then flanking it on the left with the vision scene ( Lintel 15 ) and on the right with the bloodletting scene ...
... scenes commissioned by his father ; however , he ordered the scenes differently by cen- tering the war scene on Lintel 16 , then flanking it on the left with the vision scene ( Lintel 15 ) and on the right with the bloodletting scene ...
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... scene is divided between the interior and exterior of a pal- ace building raised on a low platform with two steps . Three dancers stand on the lowest level in front of the blank outer wall of the building . The painter used the rim text ...
... scene is divided between the interior and exterior of a pal- ace building raised on a low platform with two steps . Three dancers stand on the lowest level in front of the blank outer wall of the building . The painter used the rim text ...
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