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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Page 44
... personification head Mat in plain and personified forms humans and zoomorphs and drilling holes in pottery . Much of the deliberate damage done to the faces of kingly portraits and other sculpture was the result of these killing rituals ...
... personification head Mat in plain and personified forms humans and zoomorphs and drilling holes in pottery . Much of the deliberate damage done to the faces of kingly portraits and other sculpture was the result of these killing rituals ...
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... personified muzzle fang muzzle nostril cauac marking Cauac Monster from the Metropolitan Pot Personified eccentric flint from Tablet of the Slave , Palenque Stone ax head from Dumbarton Oaks Panel The Water - lily Monster In Lowland ...
... personified muzzle fang muzzle nostril cauac marking Cauac Monster from the Metropolitan Pot Personified eccentric flint from Tablet of the Slave , Palenque Stone ax head from Dumbarton Oaks Panel The Water - lily Monster In Lowland ...
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... personified water - lilies and blood streams growing from the top of his head . The water - lilies are con- tained ... personified blood stream Arc of the Heavens skeletal Maw of the Underworld ( left half ) personified water - lily Arc ...
... personified water - lilies and blood streams growing from the top of his head . The water - lilies are con- tained ... personified blood stream Arc of the Heavens skeletal Maw of the Underworld ( left half ) personified water - lily Arc ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
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