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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... Water - lily Monster Personified eccentric flint from Tablet of the Slave , Palenque In Lowland Maya languages , the words for water - lily and lake are homonyms , hence , the water- lily and its personifications are natural symbols for ...
... Water - lily Monster Personified eccentric flint from Tablet of the Slave , Palenque In Lowland Maya languages , the words for water - lily and lake are homonyms , hence , the water- lily and its personifications are natural symbols for ...
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... water - lily pendant frequently seen on scribes ; the face is rendered essentially as human , but it has the simian features of the Monkey Scribe . This monkey face was intentionally made ugly , but like a Renaissance grotesque by ...
... water - lily pendant frequently seen on scribes ; the face is rendered essentially as human , but it has the simian features of the Monkey Scribe . This monkey face was intentionally made ugly , but like a Renaissance grotesque by ...
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... water - lily u ahau te ( lord of the tree ) name leaf personification head diadem God C Chac - Xib - Chac blood scroll personified blood THE INSCRIPTION A long horizontal text in the upper center. 10:19 R & S black water hole it appears ...
... water - lily u ahau te ( lord of the tree ) name leaf personification head diadem God C Chac - Xib - Chac blood scroll personified blood THE INSCRIPTION A long horizontal text in the upper center. 10:19 R & S black water hole it appears ...
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