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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... earflare , whose weight was supported by the flange , and knot or mat signs - pieces of reed or cloth either braided into a mat pattern or tied in a slipknot and used as a sign of royalty . The earflare was usually a round jade disk ...
... earflare , whose weight was supported by the flange , and knot or mat signs - pieces of reed or cloth either braided into a mat pattern or tied in a slipknot and used as a sign of royalty . The earflare was usually a round jade disk ...
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... earflare , discovered in a Late Preclassic tomb in southern Belize , is one of few recovered examples of the large type of earflare . It is incised with four texts arranged on opposite sides of the flare . On one axis , two gods - the ...
... earflare , discovered in a Late Preclassic tomb in southern Belize , is one of few recovered examples of the large type of earflare . It is incised with four texts arranged on opposite sides of the flare . On one axis , two gods - the ...
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... Earflares carved with scroll patterns Early Classic period , A.D. 350-600 Jade Diam . 6.5-7.5 x 1.0 cm Lent courtesy of The ... earflare and hair ; the forehead is flat to accommodate the headdress . The hard jade is subtly fashioned to ...
... Earflares carved with scroll patterns Early Classic period , A.D. 350-600 Jade Diam . 6.5-7.5 x 1.0 cm Lent courtesy of The ... earflare and hair ; the forehead is flat to accommodate the headdress . The hard jade is subtly fashioned to ...
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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