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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... headbands to hold their long hair away from their faces . Made of leather or cloth , these bands were often mounted ... headband of cylinders and beads ( Fig . I.3f - j ) . These zoomorphic heads usually lacked a lower jaw , so that the ...
... headbands to hold their long hair away from their faces . Made of leather or cloth , these bands were often mounted ... headband of cylinders and beads ( Fig . I.3f - j ) . These zoomorphic heads usually lacked a lower jaw , so that the ...
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... headband is made of jade cylinders with floral devices attached to the front and sides . This headband and his facial features suggest that he is the Celestial Bird , who sits atop the World Tree in Maya cosmology . In her right hand ...
... headband is made of jade cylinders with floral devices attached to the front and sides . This headband and his facial features suggest that he is the Celestial Bird , who sits atop the World Tree in Maya cosmology . In her right hand ...
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... headband worn by this ruler are identical to those of the Cerros masks , dating the Maya engraving to the Late Preclassic period . 6. The fuchsite figurine from Uaxactun Group A wears the bifurcated shapes that flank the Jester God on ...
... headband worn by this ruler are identical to those of the Cerros masks , dating the Maya engraving to the Late Preclassic period . 6. The fuchsite figurine from Uaxactun Group A wears the bifurcated shapes that flank the Jester God on ...
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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