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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... Kimbell Art Museum , Fort Worth , May 17 - August 24 , 1986 , and The Cleveland Museum of Art , October 8 - December 14 , 1986. All objects in the exhibition are illustrated here in color , with the exception of Fig . 11. For didactic ...
... Kimbell Art Museum , Fort Worth , May 17 - August 24 , 1986 , and The Cleveland Museum of Art , October 8 - December 14 , 1986. All objects in the exhibition are illustrated here in color , with the exception of Fig . 11. For didactic ...
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... Kimbell Art Museum undertook to publish an independent study of the Maya based upon the results of the latest scholarly research . The pioneering approach adopted by Schele and Miller led us away from the traditional format of an ...
... Kimbell Art Museum undertook to publish an independent study of the Maya based upon the results of the latest scholarly research . The pioneering approach adopted by Schele and Miller led us away from the traditional format of an ...
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... Kimbell Art Museum ( Pl . 2 ) , but the main zoomorph is the Mosaic Monster , whose huge mouth gapes open to emit an animal skull with an articulated lower jaw . This skull is a mask that fits over the face of the king . Thus , the king ...
... Kimbell Art Museum ( Pl . 2 ) , but the main zoomorph is the Mosaic Monster , whose huge mouth gapes open to emit an animal skull with an articulated lower jaw . This skull is a mask that fits over the face of the king . Thus , the king ...
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