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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... headdress cigarette Death Gods FIGURE 45 Muan Bird muan feather headdress his eyes . Akbal , the glyph for " night and darkness , " covers his forehead , marking him as a creature of the night . The personification of the number zero is ...
... headdress cigarette Death Gods FIGURE 45 Muan Bird muan feather headdress his eyes . Akbal , the glyph for " night and darkness , " covers his forehead , marking him as a creature of the night . The personification of the number zero is ...
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... headdress , which suggests that it is characteristic of their role in the ritual . Ornate headdresses were constructed on wooden frames and tied under the chin with straps ( Fig . I.3f - h ) . During the Early Classic period , headdresses ...
... headdress , which suggests that it is characteristic of their role in the ritual . Ornate headdresses were constructed on wooden frames and tied under the chin with straps ( Fig . I.3f - h ) . During the Early Classic period , headdresses ...
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... headdress д. Drum - major headdress FIGURE II.5 Oval Palace Tablet E Oval Palace Tablet Palenque , Chiapas , Mexico Late Classic period , ca. A.D. 652 Pacal double - headed jaguar throne Pacal , who is about to become king of Palenque ...
... headdress д. Drum - major headdress FIGURE II.5 Oval Palace Tablet E Oval Palace Tablet Palenque , Chiapas , Mexico Late Classic period , ca. A.D. 652 Pacal double - headed jaguar throne Pacal , who is about to become king of Palenque ...
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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