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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... scroll instead . blood and jaguar pelt headdress a tail ancestor personified blood blood scrolls flayed area serpent head skin Tlaloc mask Jor blood scroll shield flayed area spear skin year sign Vision Serpents Tlaloc blood scroll rear ...
... scroll instead . blood and jaguar pelt headdress a tail ancestor personified blood blood scrolls flayed area serpent head skin Tlaloc mask Jor blood scroll shield flayed area spear skin year sign Vision Serpents Tlaloc blood scroll rear ...
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... scroll belt head Shield Jaguar Perforator God ( inverted ) three. fang feathers blood scrolls blood or mist scrolls bird . rear head ( night ) the Sun God Turtle Monster blood scrolls Vision Serpent to the right of the Sun God water scroll ...
... scroll belt head Shield Jaguar Perforator God ( inverted ) three. fang feathers blood scrolls blood or mist scrolls bird . rear head ( night ) the Sun God Turtle Monster blood scrolls Vision Serpent to the right of the Sun God water scroll ...
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... scroll and a personified wing . Sitting on the water scroll is a Water - lily Jaguar with a large blood scroll at the corner of its mouth , a parrot or macaw atop it and an unidentified sign behind it . An akbal " darkness " sign is ...
... scroll and a personified wing . Sitting on the water scroll is a Water - lily Jaguar with a large blood scroll at the corner of its mouth , a parrot or macaw atop it and an unidentified sign behind it . An akbal " darkness " sign is ...
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