The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art

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Kimbell Art Museum, 1986 - 335 pages
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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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Part Three returns to a time before the birth of the Twins, when their father and
uncle were defeated by the Lords of the Underworld. The Twins were conceived
when spittle from their father's severed head impregnated an Underworld
goddess, ...
Page 244
Six snakes and an elaborate tree sprout from the severed neck of the victim,
showing the fertility that such sacrifice will bring. loft of their thatch house and
followed the owls into the Underworld, to face the attempts of the lords to trap
them and ...
Page 252
Xbalanque, thinking quickly, replaces it with a pumpkin, and then convinces a
rabbit to curl up and imitate the ball during play so it can lead the lords of the
Underworld away from the court and give Xbalanque time to put his brother's
head ...

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Table des matières

Introduction
6
Chapters
63
Death and the Journey to Xibalba
265
Droits d'auteur

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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum
Affichage d'extraits - 1986
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum
Affichage d'extraits - 1986
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller
Affichage d'extraits - 1986

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accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum artist ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar blood bloodletting body Bonampak captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event Figure figurine glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic human Hunahpu imagery incised inscriptions jade Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Lintel Long Count lord Lowlands maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica Mexico Late Classic monuments Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel Pauahtun pectoral personified Piedras Negras Pilas Plate Popol Vuh portrait recorded rite ritual ruler sacrifice scene scribes scrolls sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus vessel Vision Serpent warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic

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À propos de l'auteur (1986)

Linda Schele (1942 Ai1998) was the John D. Murchison Regents Professor of Art in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, and was an internationally recognized authority on deciphering the Maya script.

Mary Ellen Miller is the Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. Her previous books include The Art of Mesoamerica.

Kerr is a photographers of Pre-Columbian art and a scholar in the field. He developed the rollout camera.

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TitreThe Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
AuteursLinda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller, Justin Kerr, Kimbell Art Museum
Photos deMary Ellen Miller, Justin Kerr
Édition2, illustrée, réimprimée
ÉditeurKimbell Art Museum, 1986
Original provenant deUniversité du Texas
Numérisé21 juil. 2008
ISBN080761159X, 9780807611593
Longueur335 pages
  
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