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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... captive of " h . nawa Just as pictorial representations show captives displayed in front of a ruler or show a particularly important captive under a ruler's feet , a Maya king might link his important captives to his own name all his ...
... captive of " h . nawa Just as pictorial representations show captives displayed in front of a ruler or show a particularly important captive under a ruler's feet , a Maya king might link his important captives to his own name all his ...
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... captives , they look at their hands in despair and howl pitiably . A captive facing Chaan - Muan on the upper step holds out his bleeding fingers and appears to plead for mercy . For the Maya , however , there was only the inevitability ...
... captives , they look at their hands in despair and howl pitiably . A captive facing Chaan - Muan on the upper step holds out his bleeding fingers and appears to plead for mercy . For the Maya , however , there was only the inevitability ...
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... captives in tow , he clearly functions as a sort of war captain as he presents the captives to his lord . He wears the same scalloped petal hat commonly worn by secondary warriors in other works , such as the Bonampak mu- rals , and he ...
... captives in tow , he clearly functions as a sort of war captain as he presents the captives to his lord . He wears the same scalloped petal hat commonly worn by secondary warriors in other works , such as the Bonampak mu- rals , and he ...
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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