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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... GODS footprints FIGURE 42 7 Black - Kan God and Bolon Mayel The Jester God The Jester God , named for the resemblance of his tri - pointed forehead to the cap of medieval court jesters , is an emblem of royalty ... God. MAYA GODS AND ICONS ...
... GODS footprints FIGURE 42 7 Black - Kan God and Bolon Mayel The Jester God The Jester God , named for the resemblance of his tri - pointed forehead to the cap of medieval court jesters , is an emblem of royalty ... God. MAYA GODS AND ICONS ...
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... God of the Number Zero muan feather headdress cigarette Death Gods FIGURE 45 Muan Bird muan feather headdress his eyes . Akbal , the glyph for " night and darkness , " covers his forehead , marking him as a creature of the night . The ...
... God of the Number Zero muan feather headdress cigarette Death Gods FIGURE 45 Muan Bird muan feather headdress his eyes . Akbal , the glyph for " night and darkness , " covers his forehead , marking him as a creature of the night . The ...
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... God is floating in a red field defined as supernatural space by the presence of gods above and cartouches below the glyph band . ( Six gods squat over bowls using the same Perforator God as a lancet to draw blood from their genitals ...
... God is floating in a red field defined as supernatural space by the presence of gods above and cartouches below the glyph band . ( Six gods squat over bowls using the same Perforator God as a lancet to draw blood from their genitals ...
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