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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... Tlaloc mask Jor blood scroll shield flayed area spear skin flayed area year sign Vision Serpents Tlaloc blood scroll rear head Sky The symbol for sky is a band divided into compartments by vertical bars ( Fig . 26 ) . Each compartment ...
... Tlaloc mask Jor blood scroll shield flayed area spear skin flayed area year sign Vision Serpents Tlaloc blood scroll rear head Sky The symbol for sky is a band divided into compartments by vertical bars ( Fig . 26 ) . Each compartment ...
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... Tlaloc signs , 7 signals that she is engaged in a very special bloodletting rite that will eventually include captive sacrifice . She pulls a thorn - lined rope through the wound in her perforated tongue , letting the rope fall into a ...
... Tlaloc signs , 7 signals that she is engaged in a very special bloodletting rite that will eventually include captive sacrifice . She pulls a thorn - lined rope through the wound in her perforated tongue , letting the rope fall into a ...
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... Tlaloc head , a ray and trapeze symbol and cut feathers . This tasseled headdress is a signal of bloodletting and sacrificial rites . THE INSCRIPTION The text consists of two sentences ( Pl . 62c ) , one relating to Shield Jaguar , the ...
... Tlaloc head , a ray and trapeze symbol and cut feathers . This tasseled headdress is a signal of bloodletting and sacrificial rites . THE INSCRIPTION The text consists of two sentences ( Pl . 62c ) , one relating to Shield Jaguar , the ...
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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