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 78
... wears disk flares suspended from his ears ; his hair is tied up in the fashion of warriors and captives , and he wears long cotton ar- mor that hangs over his knees as he sits on a four- legged bench . A pectoral and four large beads ...
... wears disk flares suspended from his ears ; his hair is tied up in the fashion of warriors and captives , and he wears long cotton ar- mor that hangs over his knees as he sits on a four- legged bench . A pectoral and four large beads ...
Page 120
... wears a heavy jade necklace of cylinders and beads . His headdress , critical to the iconography , resem- bles those ... wears and holds can be easily seen . He wears a backrack which emerges from behind his shoulder . A thick collar ...
... wears a heavy jade necklace of cylinders and beads . His headdress , critical to the iconography , resem- bles those ... wears and holds can be easily seen . He wears a backrack which emerges from behind his shoulder . A thick collar ...
Page 122
... 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 wrist . A court ...
... 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 wrist . A court ...
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