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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... pectoral , but these were not among the material Thomas Gann gave to the Merseyside County Muse- ums in Liverpool . 13. This bar pectoral was found in a tomb six feet under the summit of a twenty - foot - high mound , half a mile east ...
... pectoral , but these were not among the material Thomas Gann gave to the Merseyside County Muse- ums in Liverpool . 13. This bar pectoral was found in a tomb six feet under the summit of a twenty - foot - high mound , half a mile east ...
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... pectoral Kendal , Belize Early Classic period , A.D. 250-400 Greenstone 6.8 x 6.8 x 2.5 cm Merseyside County Museums , Liverpool This jade pectoral , carved as an extraordinary face , was found with thin cylindrical beads and jade alli ...
... pectoral Kendal , Belize Early Classic period , A.D. 250-400 Greenstone 6.8 x 6.8 x 2.5 cm Merseyside County Museums , Liverpool This jade pectoral , carved as an extraordinary face , was found with thin cylindrical beads and jade alli ...
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... pectoral Olmec , Middle Preclassic period , 1000-600 B.C. Maya inscription , Protoclassic period , A.D. 50-250 Jade 10.5 x 10.9 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London This large gray - green jade was carved into the por- trait ...
... pectoral Olmec , Middle Preclassic period , 1000-600 B.C. Maya inscription , Protoclassic period , A.D. 50-250 Jade 10.5 x 10.9 cm The Trustees of The British Museum , London This large gray - green jade was carved into the por- trait ...
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