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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... death led the Maya to dedicate much of their ritual and art to the defeat of death's final grip on their lives . Depictions on objects of all types treat the whole process of death , from the soul's entrance into the Maya Hell , called ...
... death led the Maya to dedicate much of their ritual and art to the defeat of death's final grip on their lives . Depictions on objects of all types treat the whole process of death , from the soul's entrance into the Maya Hell , called ...
Page 269
... Death . Pacal carried this symbolic interpretation of his death over into the placement of the Temple of Inscriptions within the sacred precinct at Palenque . The temple was built just off the southwest corner of the Palace , a complex ...
... Death . Pacal carried this symbolic interpretation of his death over into the placement of the Temple of Inscriptions within the sacred precinct at Palenque . The temple was built just off the southwest corner of the Palace , a complex ...
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... death called the soul to Xibalba , where it faced a series of trials and competitions with the Lords of Death . If defeated , the soul faced eternal extinction and burial in the evil - smelling world of Xibalba . The journey into the ...
... death called the soul to Xibalba , where it faced a series of trials and competitions with the Lords of Death . If defeated , the soul faced eternal extinction and burial in the evil - smelling world of Xibalba . The journey into 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