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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... Vision Serpent ; they fold out from him as mirrored opposites , meeting head to head on the other side of the pot . The serpent in the god's right arm spits out the sun ; its tail is night . Sitting just behind its head is a human ...
... Vision Serpent ; they fold out from him as mirrored opposites , meeting head to head on the other side of the pot . The serpent in the god's right arm spits out the sun ; its tail is night . Sitting just behind its head is a human ...
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... Vision Serpent to the right of the Sun God water scroll front head of the Celestial Monster diving into the scene Vision Serpent to the left of the Sun God leaf Death God with decapitated head Deity holding the watery Vision Serpent Vision ...
... Vision Serpent to the right of the Sun God water scroll front head of the Celestial Monster diving into the scene Vision Serpent to the left of the Sun God leaf Death God with decapitated head Deity holding the watery Vision Serpent Vision ...
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... vision . An anthropomorphic god with a deer ear stands below and behind the head of the Vision Serpent , leaning over to avoid its passage and blowing on a conch shell trumpet to announce its arrival . This remarkable image links the ...
... vision . An anthropomorphic god with a deer ear stands below and behind the head of the Vision Serpent , leaning over to avoid its passage and blowing on a conch shell trumpet to announce its arrival . This remarkable image links the ...
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