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 177
... bloodletting ( Pl . 62 ) .6 Elegantly dressed , Shield Jaguar wears the shrunken head of a past victim tied to the top of his head , signaling his sacrificial role . His principal wife , Lady Xoc , kneels before him in a huipil of ...
... bloodletting ( Pl . 62 ) .6 Elegantly dressed , Shield Jaguar wears the shrunken head of a past victim tied to the top of his head , signaling his sacrificial role . His principal wife , Lady Xoc , kneels before him in a huipil of ...
Page 179
... bloodletting rituals as a required preparation for , or conclusion to , accession rites . The Hauberg Stela of A. D. 199 , the earliest dated monu- ment from the Lowlands , portrays the same bloodletting ritual exactly ( Pl . 66 ) . An ...
... bloodletting rituals as a required preparation for , or conclusion to , accession rites . The Hauberg Stela of A. D. 199 , the earliest dated monu- ment from the Lowlands , portrays the same bloodletting ritual exactly ( Pl . 66 ) . An ...
Page 182
... bloodletting bowl marked with the kin sun sign that composes the forehead of the Quadripartite Monster identifies it as the sun in its daily passage through all levels of the Maya universe . Here the Vision Serpent rearing out of the ...
... bloodletting bowl marked with the kin sun sign that composes the forehead of the Quadripartite Monster identifies it as the sun in its daily passage through all levels of the Maya universe . Here the Vision Serpent rearing out of 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