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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Page 139
... Hunahpu and Xbalanque took their blowguns and began to shoot their prey , but the birds did not fall . Each one became lodged in a tree , and the older twins had to scale the tree to retrieve them . As they did so , the tree magically ...
... Hunahpu and Xbalanque took their blowguns and began to shoot their prey , but the birds did not fall . Each one became lodged in a tree , and the older twins had to scale the tree to retrieve them . As they did so , the tree magically ...
Page 244
... Hunahpu and 7 Hunahpu , which was grudg- ingly granted by their mother . The old woman tested the younger woman , who proved her divinity and her worth by miraculously harvesting a full net of corn from a single plant . She then ...
... Hunahpu and 7 Hunahpu , which was grudg- ingly granted by their mother . The old woman tested the younger woman , who proved her divinity and her worth by miraculously harvesting a full net of corn from a single plant . She then ...
Page 245
... Hunahpu and Xbalanque found themselves in the " House of Bats , " they slept inside their blowguns to hide from the bloodthirsty vampires . But Hunahpu , see- ing a glimmer of light , stuck his head out to see if dawn had arrived and a ...
... Hunahpu and Xbalanque found themselves in the " House of Bats , " they slept inside their blowguns to hide from the bloodthirsty vampires . But Hunahpu , see- ing a glimmer of light , stuck his head out to see if dawn had arrived and a ...
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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