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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... body ( Fig . 22 ) . The body may be rendered as crocodilian or by a band of symbols , most commonly the skyband . The front head has a long snout , a beard and large teeth and its eye is always lidded and often includes either a Venus ...
... body ( Fig . 22 ) . The body may be rendered as crocodilian or by a band of symbols , most commonly the skyband . The front head has a long snout , a beard and large teeth and its eye is always lidded and often includes either a Venus ...
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... body features are reptilian ; his arms , legs and body are marked by water scrolls ; and he carries both an ax and a God C disk . His form in miniature often hangs from the belts of Classic - period rulers . He is the figure fishing on ...
... body features are reptilian ; his arms , legs and body are marked by water scrolls ; and he carries both an ax and a God C disk . His form in miniature often hangs from the belts of Classic - period rulers . He is the figure fishing on ...
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... body of the dark , water serpent . A turtle monster and a curl- snouted crocodile rest along the body of the bright serpent ; they are replaced on the opposite side by a skeletal death god and a decapitated head . On the " dark " side ...
... body of the dark , water serpent . A turtle monster and a curl- snouted crocodile rest along the body of the bright serpent ; they are replaced on the opposite side by a skeletal death god and a decapitated head . On the " dark " side ...
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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