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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... Water - lily Monster In Lowland Maya languages , the words for water - lily and lake are homonyms , hence , the water- lily and its personifications are natural symbols for water . In one primary form , the water - lily is shown as a ...
... Water - lily Monster In Lowland Maya languages , the words for water - lily and lake are homonyms , hence , the water- lily and its personifications are natural symbols for water . In one primary form , the water - lily is shown as a ...
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... water - lily pads and water shells floating along it . The interior surface is divided into two pictorial fields : the imagery on the walls establishes the framework of the narrative action that is shown on the bottom plane . This ...
... water - lily pads and water shells floating along it . The interior surface is divided into two pictorial fields : the imagery on the walls establishes the framework of the narrative action that is shown on the bottom plane . This ...
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... water hole O Celestial Bird Water - Lily Jaguar growling ax crocodilian head falls into the scene from the red rim . His mouth is open and his tongue is personi- fied with a serpent eye and teeth . His eyelid is a Venus sign and other ...
... water hole O Celestial Bird Water - Lily Jaguar growling ax crocodilian head falls into the scene from the red rim . His mouth is open and his tongue is personi- fied with a serpent eye and teeth . His eyelid is a Venus sign and other ...
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