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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... Pauahtun ( Fig . 47c ) . In a younger , more handsome form , he is Bacab , the sky bearer ( Fig . 47d ) . The Old Pauahtun also overlaps with the Monkey Scribes and seems to have been the god of writing and of art . The third god ...
... Pauahtun ( Fig . 47c ) . In a younger , more handsome form , he is Bacab , the sky bearer ( Fig . 47d ) . The Old Pauahtun also overlaps with the Monkey Scribes and seems to have been the god of writing and of art . The third god ...
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... Pauahtun , or the Maya God N , as well as a Monkey Scribe . Since this dual association is supported elsewhere in painted images of Pauahtun who appears as a scribe or as a teacher of scribes , he can be added to the circle of gods who ...
... Pauahtun , or the Maya God N , as well as a Monkey Scribe . Since this dual association is supported elsewhere in painted images of Pauahtun who appears as a scribe or as a teacher of scribes , he can be added to the circle of gods who ...
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... Pauahtun . 22 The text is elaborate in form with columns of " printout " numbers added to glyphs like a flourish suggesting the art of scribes . A few years after the panel was made , Piedras Negras was successful in a war campaign ...
... Pauahtun . 22 The text is elaborate in form with columns of " printout " numbers added to glyphs like a flourish suggesting the art of scribes . A few years after the panel was made , Piedras Negras was successful in a war campaign ...
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