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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... Jaguar constructed a building , called Structure 44 , that enumerated his victories in battle and the humiliation of ... Bird Jaguar chose to depict essentially the same program of important events in his temples at Yaxchilan . Emulating ...
... Jaguar constructed a building , called Structure 44 , that enumerated his victories in battle and the humiliation of ... Bird Jaguar chose to depict essentially the same program of important events in his temples at Yaxchilan . Emulating ...
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... Bird Jaguar dressed for battle on 9.16.4.1.1 7 Imix 14 Tzec ( May 9 , a.d. 755 ) , then engaged in warfare on the same day . On Lintel 41 , which is from Struc- ture 42 of the West Acropolis , Bird Jaguar finishes his preparations for ...
... Bird Jaguar dressed for battle on 9.16.4.1.1 7 Imix 14 Tzec ( May 9 , a.d. 755 ) , then engaged in warfare on the same day . On Lintel 41 , which is from Struc- ture 42 of the West Acropolis , Bird Jaguar finishes his preparations for ...
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... Bird Jaguar prepares to strike his victim who is identified in a caption within the ball as Jeweled Skull , an important noble taken captive in the most important battle of Bird Jaguar's life , and pictured on Lintel 8 ( Fig . V.3 ) and ...
... Bird Jaguar prepares to strike his victim who is identified in a caption within the ball as Jeweled Skull , an important noble taken captive in the most important battle of Bird Jaguar's life , and pictured on Lintel 8 ( Fig . V.3 ) and ...
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 glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human imagery inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowland maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica Mexico Late Classic 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 Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic