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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... Uaxactun argued for a population of 50,000 or so , Tatiana Proskouriakoff's reconstruction drawings of Uaxactun ( made for the Carnegie Institution ) show vacant ceremonial centers isolated in the jungle , as if there had been no ...
... Uaxactun argued for a population of 50,000 or so , Tatiana Proskouriakoff's reconstruction drawings of Uaxactun ( made for the Carnegie Institution ) show vacant ceremonial centers isolated in the jungle , as if there had been no ...
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... Uaxactun in the central Peten region , as well as at other Maya sites there , including Rio Azul , these two critical aspects of Late Preclassic art - architecture carrying mask assemblages and stelae recording historical kingship ...
... Uaxactun in the central Peten region , as well as at other Maya sites there , including Rio Azul , these two critical aspects of Late Preclassic art - architecture carrying mask assemblages and stelae recording historical kingship ...
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... Uaxactun Group A wears the bifurcated shapes that flank the Jester God on the Dumbarton Oaks pectoral ; in addition , however , the Uaxactun king has the eyebrows and kin signs of the lower masks at Cerros ( Fig . II . 1b ) . The ...
... Uaxactun Group A wears the bifurcated shapes that flank the Jester God on the Dumbarton Oaks pectoral ; in addition , however , the Uaxactun king has the eyebrows and kin signs of the lower masks at Cerros ( Fig . II . 1b ) . 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