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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... World Tree on this bone is similar to the tree on the Hauberg Stela ( Pl . 66 ) . The second - century stela has sacrificial victims tumbling down its trunk on their way to Xibalba ; on this bone , however , the tree rises from the ...
... World Tree on this bone is similar to the tree on the Hauberg Stela ( Pl . 66 ) . The second - century stela has sacrificial victims tumbling down its trunk on their way to Xibalba ; on this bone , however , the tree rises from the ...
Page 278
... World Tree in the Dresden Codex ( page 3 ) also has this distinctive shape . Furthermore , the sap of this tree is a deep red . Therefore , the use of blood symbols on the branches and trunk of the World Tree on the sarcophagus may be ...
... World Tree in the Dresden Codex ( page 3 ) also has this distinctive shape . Furthermore , the sap of this tree is a deep red . Therefore , the use of blood symbols on the branches and trunk of the World Tree on the sarcophagus may be ...
Page 284
... world ( Pl . 111c ) . Joined at the chin , two huge skel- etal dragons form a U - shaped container represent- ing the entrance to Xibalba . Their snouts curve inward , as ... World Tree Serpent head akbal ( darkness ) 284 THE BLOOD OF KINGS.
... world ( Pl . 111c ) . Joined at the chin , two huge skel- etal dragons form a U - shaped container represent- ing the entrance to Xibalba . Their snouts curve inward , as ... World Tree Serpent head akbal ( darkness ) 284 THE BLOOD OF KINGS.
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