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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... sculpture , also using symbols indistin- guishable from those used in the Gulf Coast Olmec region , flourished at the newly discovered site at Teopantequanitla and nearby Chalcatzingo . The stone stela , the most important sculptural ...
... sculpture , also using symbols indistin- guishable from those used in the Gulf Coast Olmec region , flourished at the newly discovered site at Teopantequanitla and nearby Chalcatzingo . The stone stela , the most important sculptural ...
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... sculpture and painting , as well as the stelae , face this open space . Maya buildings functioned like huge billboards manifesting religious and political propaganda for the elite who commissioned them . They were also great stage ...
... sculpture and painting , as well as the stelae , face this open space . Maya buildings functioned like huge billboards manifesting religious and political propaganda for the elite who commissioned them . They were also great stage ...
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... sculpture , using the master drawing only as a guide , since the sculptor was a master in his own right and finished the final surface according to his own sense of aesthetics . Since most Maya draftsmanship was freehand drawing ...
... sculpture , using the master drawing only as a guide , since the sculptor was a master in his own right and finished the final surface according to his own sense of aesthetics . Since most Maya draftsmanship was freehand drawing ...
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