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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... stone objects , pottery vessels , plastered objects and in fig - bark paper books , the Maya clearly established one of the great painting traditions of the world . Maya art did not develop spontaneously . The Maya inherited artistic ...
... stone objects , pottery vessels , plastered objects and in fig - bark paper books , the Maya clearly established one of the great painting traditions of the world . Maya art did not develop spontaneously . The Maya inherited artistic ...
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... stone objects also carry cauac markings , but they are distinct from the Cauac Mon- ster . For example , the glyph for stone , cauac , may be joined to that for tree to read " stone tree " -a stela ( Fig . 23c ) . Images of both ritual ...
... stone objects also carry cauac markings , but they are distinct from the Cauac Mon- ster . For example , the glyph for stone , cauac , may be joined to that for tree to read " stone tree " -a stela ( Fig . 23c ) . Images of both ritual ...
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... stone throne . He wears a zoomorphic headdress , a half - mask , jade ear orna- ments , a bar pectoral and the royal belt . He holds his right arm across his lap and wears a war shield with the Jaguar God of the Underworld on his left ...
... stone throne . He wears a zoomorphic headdress , a half - mask , jade ear orna- ments , a bar pectoral and the royal belt . He holds his right arm across his lap and wears a war shield with the Jaguar God of the Underworld on his left ...
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