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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Side flanges always carried the same objects, an earflare, whose weight was
supported by the flange, and knot or mat signs — pieces of reed or cloth either
braided into a mat pattern or tied in a slipknot and used as a sign of royalty.
Side flanges always carried the same objects, an earflare, whose weight was
supported by the flange, and knot or mat signs — pieces of reed or cloth either
braided into a mat pattern or tied in a slipknot and used as a sign of royalty.
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Plate 9 Earflare Pomona, Belize Late Preclassic period, 50 b.C.-a.d. 50 Jade
Diam. 18 cm The Trustees of The British Museum, London This exquisite earflare,
discovered in a Late Preclassic tomb in southern Belize, is one of few recovered
...
Plate 9 Earflare Pomona, Belize Late Preclassic period, 50 b.C.-a.d. 50 Jade
Diam. 18 cm The Trustees of The British Museum, London This exquisite earflare,
discovered in a Late Preclassic tomb in southern Belize, is one of few recovered
...
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Although the earflare assemblage in Highland costume also designated the
status of kings and gods, the Highland religion focused on different gods. The
most important of these gods is the Celestial Bird, which first appears in Lowland
art ...
Although the earflare assemblage in Highland costume also designated the
status of kings and gods, the Highland religion focused on different gods. The
most important of these gods is the Celestial Bird, which first appears in Lowland
art ...
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Table des matières
Foreword Emily J Sana | |
Acknowledgments 5 | iii |
Chapters | 63 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum 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 artist ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar blood bloodletting body Bonampak captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster 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 Hunahpu imagery incised inscriptions jade Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Lintel Long Count lord Lowland maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica Mexico Late Classic monuments 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 Tatiana Proskouriakoff Tikal Tlaloc Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art |
| Auteurs | Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller, Justin Kerr, Kimbell Art Museum |
| Photos de | Mary Ellen Miller, Justin Kerr |
| Édition | 2, illustrée, réimprimée |
| Éditeur | Kimbell Art Museum, 1986 |
| Original provenant de | Université du Texas |
| Numérisé | 21 juil. 2008 |
| ISBN | 080761159X, 9780807611593 |
| Longueur | 335 pages |
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