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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... rite ( Pl . 61 ) . The concept of the lancet itself was personified in the form of the Perforator God ( Fig . IV . 1 ) , although this personified lancet is perhaps more accurately considered a sacred power object rather than a deity ...
... rite ( Pl . 61 ) . The concept of the lancet itself was personified in the form of the Perforator God ( Fig . IV . 1 ) , although this personified lancet is perhaps more accurately considered a sacred power object rather than a deity ...
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... rite . Hair was bound up in the style usually shown on captives , and a long bone was often passed through the hair . Some such bone objects appear to have been sharpened for use as lancets , while others sim- ply signaled the wearer's ...
... rite . Hair was bound up in the style usually shown on captives , and a long bone was often passed through the hair . Some such bone objects appear to have been sharpened for use as lancets , while others sim- ply signaled the wearer's ...
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... rite ( Pl . 65a ) . The kneeling woman - neither the mother of Shield Jaguar II nor Lady Balam - Ix - is yet another of Bird Jaguar's wives . She wears a huipil woven in the same pattern as that of Lady Xoc on Lintel 24. Jade jewelry ...
... rite ( Pl . 65a ) . The kneeling woman - neither the mother of Shield Jaguar II nor Lady Balam - Ix - is yet another of Bird Jaguar's wives . She wears a huipil woven in the same pattern as that of Lady Xoc on Lintel 24. Jade jewelry ...
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