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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... Seibal ( dated A.D. 849 ) . For the iconographer and epigrapher , these late monuments at Seibal are particularly interesting , for one can trace the disintegration of the Classic Maya symbol system , which had been in place for the ...
... Seibal ( dated A.D. 849 ) . For the iconographer and epigrapher , these late monuments at Seibal are particularly interesting , for one can trace the disintegration of the Classic Maya symbol system , which had been in place for the ...
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... Seibal " c . verb glyph , phonetically read chucah , refers to the capture of a victim d . ax glyph , indicates weaponry used in war e . verbal construction with shield / flint glyph , indi- cating weaponry f . glyph meaning " captor of ...
... Seibal " c . verb glyph , phonetically read chucah , refers to the capture of a victim d . ax glyph , indicates weaponry used in war e . verbal construction with shield / flint glyph , indi- cating weaponry f . glyph meaning " captor of ...
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... Seibal - let blood and was doubtless tortured by his captors . He is depicted bound with ropes and deprived of his finery , cramped within the basal panel of the stela . The result of shell / star for the Dos Pilas campaign against Seibal ...
... Seibal - let blood and was doubtless tortured by his captors . He is depicted bound with ropes and deprived of his finery , cramped within the basal panel of the stela . The result of shell / star for the Dos Pilas campaign against Seibal ...
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