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 68
... side flanges . Side flanges always carried the same objects , an earflare , whose weight was supported by the flange , and knot or mat signs - pieces of reed or cloth either braided into a mat pattern or tied in a slipknot and used as a ...
... side flanges . Side flanges always carried the same objects , an earflare , whose weight was supported by the flange , and knot or mat signs - pieces of reed or cloth either braided into a mat pattern or tied in a slipknot and used as a ...
Page 121
... side flange was built on either side of the head so that the weight of the heavy jade flares would be supported by the headdress , rather than the earlobes . The main head is a naturalistic jaguar with nose orna- ments extending in ...
... side flange was built on either side of the head so that the weight of the heavy jade flares would be supported by the headdress , rather than the earlobes . The main head is a naturalistic jaguar with nose orna- ments extending in ...
Page 194
... side is an anthropomorphic god who holds up the body of the dark , water serpent . A turtle monster and a curl- snouted crocodile rest along the body of the bright serpent ; they are replaced on the opposite side by a skeletal death god ...
... side is an anthropomorphic god who holds up the body of the dark , water serpent . A turtle monster and a curl- snouted crocodile rest along the body of the bright serpent ; they are replaced on the opposite side by a skeletal death god ...
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