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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... Underworld . The Twins were conceived when spittle from their father's severed head impregnated an Underworld goddess , who fled from the Underworld to the Middleworld to give birth . Like Hercules , the Hero Twins were demigods whose ...
... Underworld . The Twins were conceived when spittle from their father's severed head impregnated an Underworld goddess , who fled from the Underworld to the Middleworld to give birth . Like Hercules , the Hero Twins were demigods whose ...
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... Underworld , to face the at- tempts of the lords to trap them and bring them to death . Not as wily as the gods , the brothers revealed their own weaknesses before they discovered those of their oppo- nents . The gods won the ballgame ...
... Underworld , to face the at- tempts of the lords to trap them and bring them to death . Not as wily as the gods , the brothers revealed their own weaknesses before they discovered those of their oppo- nents . The gods won the ballgame ...
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... Underworld by a water band with water - lily pads and water shells floating along it . The interior surface is divided into two pictorial fields : the imagery on the walls establishes the framework of the narrative action that is shown ...
... Underworld by a water band with water - lily pads and water shells floating along it . The interior surface is divided into two pictorial fields : the imagery on the walls establishes the framework of the narrative action that is shown ...
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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