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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... figure who faces Yax - Pac on Altar Q has a quetzal in his headdress . Since names are frequently placed in Maya headdresses , this figure may be the Yax - Kuk - Mo ' referred to in the text , and the king from whom Yax - Pac's lineage ...
... figure who faces Yax - Pac on Altar Q has a quetzal in his headdress . Since names are frequently placed in Maya headdresses , this figure may be the Yax - Kuk - Mo ' referred to in the text , and the king from whom Yax - Pac's lineage ...
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... FIGURE III . 10 FIGURE III.8 FIGURE III.7 Reconstruction of Structure 9N - 82 Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , a . d . 780-800 Drawings by Barbara Fash FIGURE III.8 Pauahtun Structure 9N - 82 , lower level , Copan , Honduras Late ...
... FIGURE III . 10 FIGURE III.8 FIGURE III.7 Reconstruction of Structure 9N - 82 Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , a . d . 780-800 Drawings by Barbara Fash FIGURE III.8 Pauahtun Structure 9N - 82 , lower level , Copan , Honduras Late ...
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... FIGURE III . 11 imagery . 18 The seated , limestone figure holds a paint pot in right hand and a pen in left . Around his neck he wears a stylized water - lily pendant frequently seen on scribes ; the face is rendered essentially as ...
... FIGURE III . 11 imagery . 18 The seated , limestone figure holds a paint pot in right hand and a pen in left . Around his neck he wears a stylized water - lily pendant frequently seen on scribes ; the face is rendered essentially as ...
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