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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... vessel , Olmec flame design Burial VIII - 27 , Copan , Honduras Middle Preclassic period , 800-600 B.C. Incised ceramic ( red clay ) Diam . 11.5 x H. 6 cm Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia , Tegucigalpa , Honduras PLATE 29 ...
... vessel , Olmec flame design Burial VIII - 27 , Copan , Honduras Middle Preclassic period , 800-600 B.C. Incised ceramic ( red clay ) Diam . 11.5 x H. 6 cm Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia , Tegucigalpa , Honduras PLATE 29 ...
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... vessel and it may refer to him specifically . Other names and titles are shared among the five pots in this style . Longer Primary Standard Sequences are painted on the rim of the two battle pots and one other tribute scene . At the end ...
... vessel and it may refer to him specifically . Other names and titles are shared among the five pots in this style . Longer Primary Standard Sequences are painted on the rim of the two battle pots and one other tribute scene . At the end ...
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... vessel's surface . This vessel may have been used to dispense drugs that stimulated the vision or to collect blood from the blood- letting rite . In either case , its ritual function is proclaimed dramatically by the imagery carved into ...
... vessel's surface . This vessel may have been used to dispense drugs that stimulated the vision or to collect blood from the blood- letting rite . In either case , its ritual function is proclaimed dramatically by the imagery carved into ...
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