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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... figure PLATE 36C The key to the meaning of the Temple 11 bench is found on Altar Q , which sits in the court south of Temple 11. Around its four sides sit sixteen figures dressed in the same costumes as the Temple 11 figures , holding ...
... figure PLATE 36C The key to the meaning of the Temple 11 bench is found on Altar Q , which sits in the court south of Temple 11. Around its four sides sit sixteen figures dressed in the same costumes as the Temple 11 figures , holding ...
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... FIGURE III . 10 FIGURE III.8 FIGURE III.7 Reconstruction of Structure 9N - 82 Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , A.D. 780-800 Drawings by Barbara Fash FIGURE III.8 Pauahtun Good Structure 9N - 82 , lower level , Copan , Honduras ...
... FIGURE III . 10 FIGURE III.8 FIGURE III.7 Reconstruction of Structure 9N - 82 Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , A.D. 780-800 Drawings by Barbara Fash FIGURE III.8 Pauahtun Good Structure 9N - 82 , lower level , Copan , Honduras ...
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... FIGURE III.9 imagery . 18 The seated , limestone figure holds a paint pot in right hand and a pen in left . Around his neck he wears a stylized water - lily pendant frequently seen on scribes ; the face is rendered essentially as human ...
... FIGURE III.9 imagery . 18 The seated , limestone figure holds a paint pot in right hand and a pen in left . Around his neck he wears a stylized water - lily pendant frequently seen on scribes ; the face is rendered essentially as human ...
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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