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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... Xib - Chac the Visually , this god is almost identical to GI , except that he is usually zoomorphic ( Fig . 32 ) ... Chac - Xib - Chac ( Fig . 32c ) .55 shell earflare shell diadem blood stone FIGURE 32 shell diadem Cauac marking human ...
... Xib - Chac the Visually , this god is almost identical to GI , except that he is usually zoomorphic ( Fig . 32 ) ... Chac - Xib - Chac ( Fig . 32c ) .55 shell earflare shell diadem blood stone FIGURE 32 shell diadem Cauac marking human ...
Page 276
... Chac - Xib - Chac enacted a " house " event under the auspices of Pacal , and Pacal's twelve- year - old son , Kan - Xul , celebrated an unknown rite . The glyphs recording Kan - Xul's action have not yet been deciphered , but he is ...
... Chac - Xib - Chac enacted a " house " event under the auspices of Pacal , and Pacal's twelve- year - old son , Kan - Xul , celebrated an unknown rite . The glyphs recording Kan - Xul's action have not yet been deciphered , but he is ...
Page 304
... Chac - Xib - Chac , 5 stands waist deep in the black wa- ters . Holding his ax in one hand , he gazes at the blood spurting from the stump of his severed left hand . Although we do not know the meaning of this image , he may have lost ...
... Chac - Xib - Chac , 5 stands waist deep in the black wa- ters . Holding his ax in one hand , he gazes at the blood spurting from the stump of his severed left hand . Although we do not know the meaning of this image , he may have lost ...
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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