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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... Celestial Monster The Celestial Monster , sometimes also called the Bicephalic Monster or the Cosmic Monster , has two heads and a single body ( Fig . 22 ) . The body may be rendered as crocodilian or by a band of symbols , most ...
... Celestial Monster The Celestial Monster , sometimes also called the Bicephalic Monster or the Cosmic Monster , has two heads and a single body ( Fig . 22 ) . The body may be rendered as crocodilian or by a band of symbols , most ...
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... Celestial Monster diving into the scene leaf Vision Serpent to the left of the Sun God Death God with decapitated head Deity holding the watery Vision Serpent Vision Serpent to the left of the Sun God personified flint PLATE 73a ness ...
... Celestial Monster diving into the scene leaf Vision Serpent to the left of the Sun God Death God with decapitated head Deity holding the watery Vision Serpent Vision Serpent to the left of the Sun God personified flint PLATE 73a ness ...
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... Celestial Monster . The Quadripartite Monster , which would normally appear as the monster's rear head , is here replaced by a human profile with a God K smoking celt emerging from the forehead . The front leg of the Celestial Monster ...
... Celestial Monster . The Quadripartite Monster , which would normally appear as the monster's rear head , is here replaced by a human profile with a God K smoking celt emerging from the forehead . The front leg of the Celestial Monster ...
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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 bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume Cylindrical vessel death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine front glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery incised inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowlands maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments moon Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel Pauahtun pectoral personified Piedras Negras Pilas PLATE Popol Vuh portrait recorded rite ritual ruler sacrifice scene scribes sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic