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. |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-3 sur 16
Page 65
... Chan - Bahlum , however , with his monumental nose and drooping lower lip , is the most readily recognizable king . Chan - Bahlum , who reigned from February 10 , A.D. 684 , to February 20 , A.D. 702 , constructed the group of temples ...
... Chan - Bahlum , however , with his monumental nose and drooping lower lip , is the most readily recognizable king . Chan - Bahlum , who reigned from February 10 , A.D. 684 , to February 20 , A.D. 702 , constructed the group of temples ...
Page 114
... Chan - Bahlum and his dead father face each other across the World Tree whose central position in this composition reiterates that it is the central axis of the world . At the base of the tree is the Quadripar- tite Sun Monster frozen ...
... Chan - Bahlum and his dead father face each other across the World Tree whose central position in this composition reiterates that it is the central axis of the world . At the base of the tree is the Quadripar- tite Sun Monster frozen ...
Page 272
... Chan - Bahlum FIGURE VII.2 Limestone tablet Temple 14 , Palenque , Chiapas , Mexico Late Classic period , A.D. 705 The tablet celebrates King Chan - Bahlum's trium- phal dance out of Xibalba after his defeat of the Lords of Death ...
... Chan - Bahlum FIGURE VII.2 Limestone tablet Temple 14 , Palenque , Chiapas , Mexico Late Classic period , A.D. 705 The tablet celebrates King Chan - Bahlum's trium- phal dance out of Xibalba after his defeat of the Lords of Death ...
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 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