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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... warriors in bird suits often fall prey to those in feline cos- tume . In fact , the frequent occurrence of bird costumes worn by defeated warriors sug- gests that they symbolize defeat . The Aztecs believed that the current era had been ...
... warriors in bird suits often fall prey to those in feline cos- tume . In fact , the frequent occurrence of bird costumes worn by defeated warriors sug- gests that they symbolize defeat . The Aztecs believed that the current era had been ...
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... warriors by Mexican warriors is painted in a purely Maya style . Such records establish that Maya artists , either as captives or as tributary laborers , left home and made monuments to glorify their captors - monuments that also record ...
... warriors by Mexican warriors is painted in a purely Maya style . Such records establish that Maya artists , either as captives or as tributary laborers , left home and made monuments to glorify their captors - monuments that also record ...
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... warrior was once a fu- nerary offering , possibly placed in a tomb to bolster the fighting spirit of the interred . In elaborate paintings at Cacaxtla and Bonampak , warriors in jaguar suits defeat warriors in bird suits . If bird cos ...
... warrior was once a fu- nerary offering , possibly placed in a tomb to bolster the fighting spirit of the interred . In elaborate paintings at Cacaxtla and Bonampak , warriors in jaguar suits defeat warriors in bird suits . If bird cos ...
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