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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... head ; it is not a fusion of two bodies . In contrast to the front head , the rear head is usually inverted because it was carried as a burden by the crocodile . This head has a blunt snout , fleshy eyes and a skeletal lower jaw . The ...
... head ; it is not a fusion of two bodies . In contrast to the front head , the rear head is usually inverted because it was carried as a burden by the crocodile . This head has a blunt snout , fleshy eyes and a skeletal lower jaw . The ...
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... head . The drawing reverses the standard reading direction , with the head facing right . This personification has the small dot of the ahau head on the cheek but has the dotted circle of the cauac sign on the shoulder . It is not known ...
... head . The drawing reverses the standard reading direction , with the head facing right . This personification has the small dot of the ahau head on the cheek but has the dotted circle of the cauac sign on the shoulder . It is not known ...
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... head shell diadem shell earflare headband head cap personified. fang feathers blood scrolls blood or mist scrolls bird rear head ( night ) the Sun God Turtle Monster blood scrolls Vision Serpent to the right of the Sun God water scroll ...
... head shell diadem shell earflare headband head cap personified. fang feathers blood scrolls blood or mist scrolls bird rear head ( night ) the Sun God Turtle Monster blood scrolls Vision Serpent to the right of the Sun God water scroll ...
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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